no match for

idiom

: easily defeated by
He was no match for his opponent.

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Dirt tracked in from outside was no match for the vacuum-mop combo. Toni Sutton, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025 But conventional solar and wind installations are no match for temperatures that plummet below –40 degrees Celsius, winds of up to 300 kilometers per hour (kmh) and ferocious blizzards. You Xiaoying, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025 Cameron Norrie was no match for Alcaraz in the quarterfinals, losing in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, and 6-3. Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025 Terrifying — but luckily no match for the power of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and PBS. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for no match for

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“No match for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20match%20for. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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