Things that piss me off: Modifying "unique"

If something is unique, it is the only one.  That's what the word means.  Yes, I realize that common usage has led many people to qualify the word and thus enticed dictionaries to add an alternate meaning along the lines of atypical, unusual. 

I don't care. 

We should not modify the word, nor should we misuse it.  Each of us humans is unique; until we have cloning, to the best of my knowledge, that is a correct use of the term.  We are not, however, somewhat unique, very unique, nearly unique, and, as I overheard a person say recently, kinda unique. 

No. 

Nor is your dog almost unique, your baby sorta unique, your idea mostly unique--all phrases I've heard in the last week.

No.  

Leave "unique" alone.  It's a lovely word.  Use it properly.  Let it do its job.