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   U·nique

   /ˌyo͞oˈnēk/

   

   adjective

   • 1. being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else: "this discovery was unique in history" Similar distinctiveindividualspecialespecialidiosyncraticquirkyeccentricisolatedsinglesoleloneunrepeatedunrepeatablesolitaryexclusiveonlyone and onlyin a class by itselfrareuncommonunusualpeculiarnovelstrangeoddsui generisinformal:one-offOpposite commonordinary
   • ▪ belonging or connected to (one particular person, group, or place): "a style of architecture that is unique to Portugal" Similar peculiarspecificparticularfound only incharacteristic oftypical of
   • ▪ particularly remarkable, special, or unusual: "a unique opportunity to see the spectacular Bolshoi Ballet" Similar remarkablespecialsingularnoteworthynotablesignaloutstandingextraordinaryunequaledwithout equalunparalleledunmatchedmatchlesspeerlessnonpareilunsurpassedunexcelledincomparablebeyond comparesuperiorinimitablesecond to nonerare:unexampledOpposite unremarkable

   noun

   • 1. a unique person or thing: archaic "some of Lamb's writings were so memorably beautiful as to be uniques in their class"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French, from Latin unicus, from unus ‘one’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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