The word "inimitable" is correct and usable in written English.
It describes something or someone that cannot be imitated or replicated. For example: "The author's inimitable writing style has earned him many loyal readers for years."
But although art forgers do a certain amount of economic damage, they also provide public entertainment by exposing the real values that lie at the heart of the art market.That art market pretends that great artists are inimitable, and that this inimitability justifies the often absurd prices their work commands.
"Not really a haircut, more of a memorial to the unknown hairdresser who died half-way through the job," said the inimitable Arnd Zeigler about this shocker from Javier Pinola.
Then there is the inimitable Empress-Dowager Cixi.
This book may offer few revelations, but it paints a fresh and vivid picture of an inimitable woman.
After his death in 1987, the position fell to two former actresses his third wife and the inimitable Jayalalitha Jayaram, who rose to screen-stardom, according to one fans' website, "because of the frenzy for blond skin".It is tempting to try to prove that good looks win votes, and many academics have tried.
Instead, it should focus on meagre, cost-effective ways of defending the brand and establishing a thin veneer of respectability.Mr O'Leary did exactly that in his own inimitable way yesterday, taking to the Twittersphere for a question-and-answer session with customers.
They will have to cope with communication lags, limited power and new types of foodStuck in the middle with you Korea has played an inimitable and unenviable role in China's history.
In its own inimitable way, Wall Street had voted on the future of Wall Street.
The "United States of Europe" is an echo of a well-known political union in North America in which political integration caused, rather than prevented, a major armed conflict.Andrew McGuinnessLuton, BedfordshireHe's no BismarckSIR – Silvio Berlusconi may be inimitable but his antics before the European Parliament are not unprecedented ("Berlusconi performs", July 5th).
She was a lady of leisure who, under her inimitable elegance, could be lewd, rude and blue.
