Learn English – word for a unique manufactured item

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Is there a synonym for "unique" that specifically applies to a custom-made or customized item – say, a car – of which only one copy exists?

Something like "once-in-a-lifetime" but in the meaning of something like "only-one-in-the-world"?

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For the record the answer to the question "Is there a word for a unique manufactured item?" is "Yes." There are three terms:

One-off, custom, or bespoke.

All of these are used exactly, precisely, and commonly as you describe for exactly, precisely what you describe.

(Simply look on the web sites of companies that do precisely what you describe; whether custom car-makers in California, Mercedes' Designo workshop, Van Cleef on place vandome, or whatever.)

{Indeed it's hard to refer to, say, a custom kitchen maker, or a bespoke furniture studio, without using these common, well-known terms.}

(Sure, there are slight nuances of meaning and local favourites, but so what?)

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