How to say "unparalleled" in Japanese

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  • 無二むにCommon
    no-adjectiveCovers the core sense of being without equal: a person, work, or achievement that has no rival. Use it when praising unmatched talent or quality — the direct equivalent of calling something peerless or matchless.
  • 不世出ふせいしゅつCommon
    nounStresses rarity as much as greatness: its like appears in the world only once in a great while. Suited to extraordinary genius or historic stature rather than ordinary comparisons of quality.
  • 極まりないきわまりないCommon
    suffix, i-adjectiveCovers a different sense: a quality or behaviour carried to an extreme, as in rudeness that knows no bounds. Not for praising someone as peerless — use it only when 'unparalleled' means 'in the extreme'.
    その机つくえは、乱雑らんざつ極きわまりない状態じょうたいだ。↗
    The desk is in a state of total disorder.

Choose 無二 for someone or something with no equal at all, 不世出 for extraordinary figures whose like rarely appears in the world, and 「極まりない」 when a quality such as rudeness is extreme beyond bounds.

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