"inimitable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈɪmɪtəbl̩/ Forms: more inimitable [comparative], most inimitable [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French inimitable, from Latin inimitabilis, corresponding to in- + imitable. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|inimitable}} Middle French inimitable, {{der|en|la|inimitabilis}} Latin inimitabilis, {{affix|en|in-|imitable}} in- + imitable Head templates: {{en-adj}} inimitable (comparative more inimitable, superlative most inimitable)
  1. Beyond imitation, surpassing all others; matchless. Synonyms: incopiable, inimitable, uncopiable, unimitable Derived forms: inimitability, inimitably Related terms: illimitable Translations (beyond imitation): неподражаем (nepodražaem) (Bulgarian), onnavolgbaar (Dutch), neimitebla (Esperanto), jäljittelemätön (Finnish), inimitable (French), unnachahmlich (German), αμίμητος (amímitos) (Greek), utánozhatatlan (Hungarian), 真似を許さない (mane wo yurusanai) (Japanese), 独特の (dokutoku no) (Japanese), neuarrishagh (Manx), niepowtarzalny (Polish), niezrównany (Polish), niepodrabialny (Polish), inimitável (Portuguese), inimitable (Spanish), benzersiz (Turkish), eşsiz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-inimitable-en-adj-CrOswNDT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-

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          "ref": "1947, Miriam Allen deFord, “Laureate of Bohemia: George Sterlin”, in They Were San Franciscans, Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., page 306",
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          "sense": "beyond imitation",
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "beyond imitation",
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          "sense": "beyond imitation",
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      "sense": "beyond imitation",
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      "sense": "beyond imitation",
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      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "jäljittelemätön"
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      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "inimitable"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "unnachahmlich"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amímitos",
      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "αμίμητος"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "utánozhatatlan"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mane wo yurusanai",
      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "真似を許さない"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "独特の"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "neuarrishagh"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "niepowtarzalny"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "niezrównany"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "niepodrabialny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "inimitável"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "inimitable"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "beyond imitation",
      "word": "benzersiz"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "beyond imitation",
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