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If only one of the particular item available for sale, isn't it consider rare item ? I consider this california poppy handmade t-shirt an unique item, since california poppy has been considered a holy plant that bless a consumer's soul. And handmade t-shirt with such printing are
not everywhere for sale be it online or street stores.
Rare - true but not necessarily unique. You might have the last two existing copies and that could be considered rare but definitely if more than one "noit unique".
Unique is a word that gets so incorrectly used.
unique
/juːˈniːk/
adjective
being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
If you think about it "unique" is historically derived from French / Latin. Un in French means one of course
So if somebody else can buy the same item, it is not unique but could be rare.
Silly but (regrettably) true fact:
Some people use the phrase "fairly unique" which is wrong as something is either unique or not. There are no degrees of uniqueness.
Hell - I even hear BBC Presenters using "fairly unique" which just proves how the quality of BBC presenters has dumbed down.
By the way, I was not being serious in my reply or trying to be a Grammar Nazi. If I have offended in any way, I sincerely apologise.
I believe it can be described as unique according to the definition below.
“Which stands out from others by its originality, its qualities: A unique book in the world. A unique woman.
Synonyms:
exceptional - extraordinary - incomparable - incomparable"