unrepeatable

adjective

un·​re·​peat·​able ˌən-ri-ˈpē-tə-bəl How to pronounce unrepeatable (audio)
: not able to be repeated : not repeatable
an unrepeatable performance
unrepeatably adverb

Examples of unrepeatable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hollywood decision makers will look at an unpredictable and likely unrepeatable concurrence and see a readily exploitable template. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023 There before your eyes is a moment in Rome: edgy, hard to read, unrepeatable. Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023 And after Siskel died, as Singer points out, that chemistry proved unrepeatable. Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023 This not only includes travel but also one-of-a-kind activities intentionally designed to be unrepeatable. Gemma Harris, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2023 Isn’t this Francis’s alchemy, the unrepeatable moments between doctor and patient that go both ways? Hazlitt, 27 Sep. 2023 Powered by climate data, each showing is unrepeatable and speculative, a meditation on time, change and loss in an irreplaceable landscape. Natalie Lin, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2022 In Search of Lost Memory Having access to all your memories debases their most important value: the unique and unrepeatable essence of every moment of life. Daniel Foster, National Review, 24 Aug. 2023 In its moments of awkwardness, No Fear of Time reminds us exactly how many years have passed since Black Star, how many other shapes this follow-up might have taken over the years, and how appreciable but truly unrepeatable that 1998 (or even that 2011) energy is now. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 May 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unrepeatable was in 1831

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“Unrepeatable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrepeatable. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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