matchless

Etymology 1

From match + -less, modelled after or partly continuing Middle English makeless (“having no peer or equal, matchless”), equivalent to make + -less. Compare Swedish makalös (“incomparable, matchless”), Danish mageløs (“matchless”).

adj

1. Having no match; without equal.
   [T]he Prince was to declare the victor in the first day's tourney, who should receive as prize a warhorse of exquisite beauty and matchless strength. 1819, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 8, in Ivanhoe
   It was not his matchless talent that exalted Koufax beyond his greatest contemporaries so much as it was his knowledge that character was not connected to talent. 2002, Daniel Okrent, "Books: A Prince of a Pitcher" (Review of: Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy), Time, 30 Sept.
2. Having no mate.
   In this comedy, a matchmaker has a matchless daughter. Try as he might, he cannot seem to find anyone for her. 1 June 2010, Sandra Brennan, “Movies: The Flying Matchmaker (1966)”, in nytimes.com, retrieved 2010-09-13

Etymology 2

match + -less

adj

1. Without the use of matches for ignition.
   a matchless stove