Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one-of-a-kind

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.40 in modern English

Syllables
one-of-a-kind
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unique example.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more one-of-a-kind (comparative) most one-of-a-kind (superlative) one of a kind (alternative) one-of-a-kinds (plural)

Questions

What does one-of-a-kind mean?
Unique, singular, sui generis.

How to pronounce one-of-a-kind

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