inimitable

Borrowed from Middle French inimitable, from Latin inimitabilis, corresponding to in- +‎ imitable.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɪmɪtəbl̩/

inimitable (comparative more inimitable, superlative most inimitable)

1. Beyond imitation, surpassing all others; matchless.

   Antonyms: imitable, commonplace

   • 1697, J[ohn] Evelyn, “Instructions How to Collect, and Procure such Medals as are Antique, and Rare; and to Distinguish the True from the False, for the Prevention of Frauds and Impostures”, in Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke […], OCLC 1179530046, page 201:

     Moreover, a perfect Medal has its Profile and out-ſtroaks ſharp (Nummus aſper) and by no means rugged; the Figures clean and well poliſh'd; the Contours neatly trimm'd, and exactly round and carefully preſerv'd; that the Extancy and Relievos correſpond with the Ingraving, and have not ſuffer'd in Percuſſion; in all which, there is a certain Spirit of Antiquity and Excellency to be diſcern'd in Antient Medals almoſt inimitable.

Not to be confused with inimicable (“harmful, hostile”).

• inimitability
• inimitably

• illimitable

in- +‎ imitable.

• IPA^(key): /i.ni.mi.tabl/

inimitable (plural inimitables)

1. unmatched, uncontestable, inimitable

• inimitabilité

• “inimitable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

inimitable (plural inimitables)

1. inimitable

• inimitablemente

• “inimitable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014