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inimitable (adjective):
: not capable of being imitated : matchless
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Something that is inimitable is, literally, not able to be imitated. In actual usage the word describes things so uniquely extraordinary as to not be copied or equalled, which is why you often hear it used to praise outstanding talents or performances (or uniquely talented and incomparable individuals). (The less common antonym imitable describes things that are common or ordinary and could easily be replicated.) Inimitable comes, via Middle English, from the Latin adjective inimitabilis. inimitable should not to be confused with inimical or inimicable, two adjectives meaning “hostile” or “harmful”; those words come from a different Latin root.
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