inimitable

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"These adventures are simply inimitable, and will delight boys and girls of mature age, as well as their juniors.

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  1. adjective Defying imitation; matchless.

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  • Guard against the director's first great vice - rabbiting on, making the same point again and again, getting laughs from your inimitable (and interminable) anecdotes, wasting time. —  higher ed marketing
  • I didn't have a chance to catch Park Chan-Wook's last film, I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK, but I loved his "vengeance trilogy," which consisted of Sympathy for Mr. / Lady Vengeance and the inimitable (despite what some people will tell you) Oldboy. —  /Film
  • Even the outlook of the flacon contributes to its image - it is modern, inimitable, it is of character, and of course, it is urban - a perfect flacon for a young specialist's scent. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • I adored working for the inimitable Eric Suher at The Iron Horse music hall. —  Young Manhattanite
  • Backed by a West Coast all-star sextet with arrangements by the brilliant (now in his 90s!) bandleader and arranger, Gerald Wilson, Sarah Vaughan recorded her last Roulette record for the inimitable Teddy Reig in 1963. —  Audiophile Audition Headlines
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  1. Middle English, from Latin inimitābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + imitābilis, imitable (from imitārī, to imitate; see aim- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. = French inimitable = Spanish inimitable = Portuguese inimitavel = Italian inimitabile, from Latin inimitabilis, that may not be imitated, from in- privative + imitabilis, that may be imitated: see imitable.
 

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/ɪnˈɪmɪtəbl/
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