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Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.

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  1. a. Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.
  2. n. A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.
  3. adj. radically distinctive and without equal
  4. adj. (followed by ‘to’) applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality
  5. adj. the single one of its kind
  6. adj. highly unusual or rare but not the single instance
  7. Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole. -- U*nique"ly, adv. -- U*nique"ness, n. A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled. [R.] The phenix, the unique pf birds. De Quincey.
  8. Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled;unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.-- U*nique"ly, adv.-- U*nique"ness, n.
  9. j:100 s. (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality s. highly unusual or rare but not the single instance