no comparison
intjEtymology Ellipsis of there is no comparison. Compare no contest.
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An assertion that two things proposed to be compared are not alike, usually indicating that one is substantially superior to the other.
- “I'm twice the woman I was” ; “very different to what I have ever been for years before the operation”; “better—no comparison.”1908, Arthur Giles, “A Clinical Lecture on the After-Results of the Surgical Treatment of Uterine Displacements”, in The Medical Press and Circular, volume 136, M.D., page 549:
- He swallowed and shook his head. “No comparison.”1989, James Kaplan, Pearl's Progress, page 184:
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- Asquith nodded, and Timbre dismissed it with a wave of his hand. “No comparison. I've seen the sunrises at The Site bring many a cynical old bastard to his knees in tears.”2006, Bret M. Funk, Beacons of Tomorrow, page 50:
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- no contest