過去形 => Past form N5
Conjugate verbs
に過ぎない => no more than; just; merely; only ~ N2
とはくらべ[物「もの」]にならない => It's no match for A N1
Comparison/ Exchange
~といっても言い過ぎではない => it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say N1
Position, perspective