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Definition of inimitable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inimitable

adjective
 
/ɪˈnɪmɪtəbl/
 
/ɪˈnɪmɪtəbl/
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  1. too good or individual for anyone else to copy with the same effect
    • John related in his own inimitable way the story of his trip to Tibet.
    • the inimitable Frank Sinatra
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInimitable is used with these nouns:
    • style
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    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French, or from Latin inimitabilis, from in- ‘not’ + imitabilis (from imitari ‘imitate’).
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