What does unparalleled mean?
Word: Unparalleled
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Unparalleled means better or greater than anything else of its kind; having no equal.
Synonyms: unmatched, unequalled, matchless
Antonyms: ordinary, common
How do you spell unparalleled?
Syllables: un - par - al - leled
Tricky part: The double l comes in the middle and the last l stays single. Students often move the double l to the end and write unparalelled.
Watch out for: unparalelled, unparallelled, unparrallelled
Memory tip: Parallel lines stand side by side, just like the two l's in the middle of parallel. Keep that pair together and let the last l stand alone.
Unparalleled in a sentence
Example 1: The view of Kanchenjunga from Darjeeling at sunrise is unparalleled.
Example 2: Sachin Tendulkar's record of a hundred international centuries is unparalleled.
Example 3: The new library offers an unparalleled collection of comics.
Fun Fact
Parallel comes from the Greek parallelos, made of para, 'beside', and allelon, 'one another'. The double l in the middle of the word belongs to that Greek word for 'one another'.
Practise the CREST Way
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
dellaprunela
a) spread out over a wide area
b) so good that nothing else comes close to it
c) not able to be understood
d) very old and falling to pieces
Show answer
b) so good that nothing else comes close to it. The twelve letters make unparalleled.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the given sentence?
Our school band gave an unparalleled performance, and the audiance clapped for five whole minutes.
a) 1
b) 3
c) 0
d) 2
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a) 1. Only audience is misspelt: it ends in -ence.
Word Fusion
Choose the two parts that fit in the blanks to make a meaningful word:
___parallel___ 1. dis 2. in 3. un 4. ism 5. ing 6. ed
a) 1 and 6
b) 2 and 5
c) 1 and 4
d) 3 and 6
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d) 3 and 6. Un and ed turn parallel into the word for having no equal; no other pair makes a word.
Sound Check
In which word is 'ed' pronounced differently?
a) travelled
b) crowded
c) cancelled
d) unparalleled
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b) crowded. In crowded, ed is a separate 'id' beat; in the others it is just a 'd' sound.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A shop says its mangoes have unparalleled sweetness. It is claiming they are ___.
a) sweeter than they used to be
b) as sweet as most mangoes
c) the sweetest you can find
d) not sweet enough to sell
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c) the sweetest you can find
2. Which word means almost the same as unparalleled?
a) unrivalled
b) unsteady
c) unknown
d) unnoticed
Show answer
a) unrivalled
