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Brian Appleyard went further in the Sunday Times, predicting that "this will mainly be read as a document of the effects of child abuse, and, as such, it is probably unsurpassed and unsurpassable".
In 25 bc an expedition under Aelius Gallus opened the Red Sea to Roman use and simultaneously revealed the Arabian Desert as an unsurpassed and, indeed, unsurpassable boundary.
They also make ideal picnic fare and, thanks to their ability to soak up large amounts of alcohol, unsurpassable party food.
This implies not just a relationship between matter and energy but an equivalence, summed up in the formula E=mc2, where E is energy, "m" is mass and "c" is the unsurpassable speed of light.Once again, the implications seem to be greatest for particles rather than human beings going about their daily business.
Accepting the Hebrew Scriptures as preparatory revelation, Christianity maintains that revelation is brought to its unsurpassable climax in the person of Jesus Christ, who is God's own Son (Hebrews 1 1 2), his eternal Word (John 1 1), and the perfect image of the Father (Colossians 1 15).
The Classical concerto had achieved in Mozart's mature works for piano and orchestra an unsurpassable degree of organization, and Beethoven had further extended the genre's scale of design and range of expression.
But probably James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), which portrays the struggle of the nascent artistic temperament to overcome the repressions of family, state, and church, is the unsurpassable model of the form in the 20th century.
No account of Lawrence's work can omit his unsurpassable letters.
Although the letters are now thought to be the work of their supposed translator the French lawyer and diplomat Gabriel-Joseph de Lavergne, vicomte de Guilleragues and have been subsumed into French literature, they continue to be admired for their unsurpassable psychoanalysis of passion as well as for their perceived Peninsular consciousness.
But Sheridan Smith now looks set to prove unsurpassable in her own right with this radiantly warm and winning take on the role in Michael Mayer's exhilarating embrace of a production – the first London revival of the Jule Styne/Bob Merrill musical since Streisand left the run here back in 1966.
An all-consuming activity, it offers unsurpassable refreshment to those burdened with work and duty.
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The adjective "unsurpassable" functions primarily to qualify nouns by denoting an unmatched level of excellence or attainment. It signifies that something cannot be exceeded. As Ludwig AI states, the phrase is correct and usable in English, examples from Ludwig showcase its application in describing achievements, qualities, or standards.
Expression frequency: Very common
