unlikenableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈlʌɪk(ə)nəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈlaɪkənəb(ə)l/ rare.
Incomparable; that cannot be likened or compared to something else.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > originality or non-imitation > [adjective] > incapable of being imitated
inimitable1531
unshadowable1640
unrenderable1827
inimitative1835
unforgeable1837
unlikenable1845
unreproducible1845
uncopiable1846
unrepeatable1846
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 46 The earth..Is not so like the unlikenable One As thou.
1888 Society Herald 13 Aug. 116/1 A shimmering effect, which is not wholly unlikenable to the dew-droppy petals of a rose during the hours of early morn.
1990 M. Finlay Potential Mod. Disc. ii. v. 118 In a passage not unlikenable to Ionesco.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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