Incomparative is often a misspelling of incomparable.
Incomparative has no English definition.
As an adjective incomparable
is so much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.
incomparable
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
So much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.
* , De Profundis , (1909), Robert Baldwin Ross, ed., page 112:
- I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
(rare) Not able to be compared.
Usage notes
* Using (more)'' or ''(most)'' with ''incomparable , though often disapproved, is relatively common. Such uses may once have only been accepted for poetic effect, but are now widespread.
* Despite its apparently absolute meaning, incomparable'' is often used as if there were degrees of incomparability, occurring with adverbs such as ''(so)'' and ''(very) .
Derived terms
* incomparability
Related terms
* comparable
* uncomparable
incomparative
Not English
Incomparative has no English definition. It may be misspelled.
English words similar to 'incomparative':
inconvenience,
incongruence,
incompossible,
inconceivable,
inconsolable,
incompatible,
incandescence,
incomparable,
incompetence,
incontinence,
incombustible,
inconsiderable,
inconclusive,
incontestable,
incontaminate,
incommensurate,
incommunicable,
inconsiderate,
incompressible,
inconsequence,
incompetible,
inassimilable,
inconquerable,
incompletable,
incomputable,
inconvertible,
incompliance,
incontestible,
inconstruable,
inconsecutive,
incommutable,
inconcludable,
incontrollable,
inconsummate,
inconcealable,
insomnolence,
inconsistence,
inconformable,
inconscionable,
inconceptible,
incompliable,
inconvincible,
incommiscible,
incongealable,
inacquaintance,
incommixture,
incoincidence,
inconversable,
inconsumptible,
incomprehense,
inconcussible,
inconfutable,
incensurable,
inconditionate,
incondensable,
incondensible,
inconsonance,
inconfidence,
incombinable