How about the phrase ‘very unique’? That phase is one of my pet peeves. ‘Unique’ means ‘one of a kind’. Something or someone either IS, or IS NOT unique. That phrase would be like saying a woman is ‘partly’ or ‘almost’ pregnant!
I’ve even heard the phrases ‘very unique’ and ‘almost unique’ used by an MBA who taught at a university after an international business culsulting career, including the original Canary Wharf development. Very disappointing to hear such mistakes from a ‘professional’.
“More wrong” from Big Bang Theory last night. :)
Reminds me of a politician who called himself "severely conservative."
...or even, ‘more unique’.
I guess two of something would be almost unique.
You have 100 cars. 90 of them are factory colors. 9 of them are painted in different unique fluorescent colors, one of them is painted like the Batmobile. That one is very unique.
It means that among its peers, all of which are unique, one stands out.
“Very unique” doesn’t work. But if there were two of something, wouldn’t one of them be “almost unique?”
:)