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unlike

  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈlaɪk/

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

Example

“The brothers are quite unlike each other.”

Other meanings

  1. Not likely; improbable; unlikely.

Word history

From Old English "unlīċ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “unlike” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.