Learn English – What does “like few others” mean

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I don't really know about the meaning of "like few others" in the first sentence:

  1. AMP is an organisation like few others. We enjoy a culture that recognises individuality yet encourages collaboration, giving real meaning to our work and making a difference to our people and our customers.

And there's the second sentence I saw online:

  1. This was some beautiful morning and what a job they’ve done, like few others have been able to do.

Comparing these two sentences, I don't know if the use of this phrase are the same. Please teach me if you know anything about it.

Best Answer

Literally, this phrase means "unusual," since "like few others" is logically the same as "unlike most others." That is, the person or thing you are talking about is not similar in some way to the other people or things that are in the same category.

In addition to that literal meaning, the phrase like few others is almost always used in a positive sense. Not only is this person or thing unlike most others, they are also better in some way than most others. So your example:

...what a job they’ve done, like few others have been able to do.

can be read to mean the same as:

...they have done a better job than most other people could do.

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