Unlike

/ʌnˈlaɪk/ · adjective

Meaning

Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike.
2. Unequal.
3. (archaic) Not likely; improbable; unlikely.
4. Different from; not in a like or similar manner.
5. In contrast with; as opposed to.
6. Not typical of one's character or personality.
7. Something that is not like something else; something different.
8. To dislike.

Example Sentences

The brothers are quite unlike each other.

It may be conjectured with some confidence that it is very unlike what is called the Wild and sometimes the Woolly West, which I did not see.

They contributed in unlike amounts.

The earth is unlike the wire in size, resistance, and carrying capacity. Hence, telephone service calk for two wires of equal size, resistance, and carrying capacity.

Commodities utterly unlike each other in all apparent physical properties, such as color, weight, size, shape, substance,

Reduction in time makes possible more frequent steamship services, more rapid delivery and lower operating costs. The actual economy effected is different for vessels of unlike speed and types.

At the Bank of Zurich, Savoy deposited the fifteen million francs into two separate accounts in unlike amounts — so that authorities wouldn't see the same amount coming out of Bank Suisse and being deposited minutes later at the Bank of Zurich.

Thus two objects of unlike size but equal weights are judged to differ in weight, the smaller being the heavier (size-weight illusion).

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Word Forms

• more unlike
• most unlike
• unlikes
• unliking
• unliked

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