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Unimitable vs Inimitable - What's the difference?

unimitable | inimitable |

As adjectives the difference between unimitable and inimitable

is that unimitable is that cannot be imitated while inimitable is beyond imitation, surpassing all others, matchless.

unimitable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That cannot be imitated.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1825, author=Samuel Johnson, title=The Works of Samuel Johnson in Nine Volumes, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=But Falstaff, unimitated, unimitable Falstaff, how shall I describe thee! thou compound of sense and vice; of sense which may be admired, but not esteemed; of vice which may be despised, but hardly detested. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1915, author=Aphra Behn, title=The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6), chapter=, edition= citation
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    inimitable

    English

    Adjective

  • Beyond imitation, surpassing all others, matchless.
  • Usage notes

    Not to be confused with .

    Derived terms

    * inimitability * inimitably

    Antonyms

    * imitable * commonplace

    See also

    * illimitable ----