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adj/juːˈniːk//jəˈ-/
  1. 1

    Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.not-comparable

    • Every person has a unique life, therefore every person has a unique journey.
  2. 2

    Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.

  3. 3

    Particular, characteristic.

  4. 4

    Rare or unusual.oftenproscribed

    • And as I look back, it seems to me that we were fairly unique, the sixty of us, in that there wasn’t one good mixer in the bunch.

syn. alone · azygous · incomparable · matchless · nonpareil · only · exclusive · peerless · singular · sui generis · unequaled · unique

ant. common · normal

noun/juːˈniːk//jəˈ-/
  1. 1

    A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled; one of a kind.

    • The phoenix, the unique of birds.
    • […] uniques of the game, Sauron and Morgoth, are found on levels 99 and 100 of the dungeon respectively, […]

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