unalike
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈlaɪk/
:
diferente
- Although they are twins, their interests make them quite unalike.
- so unalike
Examples
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Otherwise, as unalike as brothers-in-law chronically are, the two of them get along when they're out like this; a loose fit somewhere outdoors has always been the best between the Doigs and the Ringers.
Fiction book (1993) -
We are so alike and unalike at the same time.
Fiction book (1996) -
How could I have two children so completely unalike?
Fiction book (1997) -
Only being 1 week gestation apart, I was surprised at how unalike they were.
Blog text (29) -
I would have to assume my sister's identity, become Gisselle, but we were so unalike, really.
Fiction book (1995) -
Dolly and Lucy were as alike and unalike as mothers and daughters always are.
Fiction book (1994) -
Even if it is someday proven to me that men and women are as unalike as fusilli and tagliatelle—
Academic text (2007) -
The women in the two couples and the single disheveled woman are all variations of Jesse, played by three actresses who don't look particularly alike or unalike.
Blog text (7) -
History shows that a war between brothers, such as the American Civil War, can be a war to the death, and that a war between peoples totally unalike, such as Genghis Khan's Mongols or Tamerlane's Turkic tribesmen and the civilizations they burned to the ground, can also be a war to the death.
Academic text (1998) -
The two sisters are remarkably unalike in appearance and personality.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not the same as another person or thing
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3.8
Different in appearance or nature
Different from another person or thing in important ways
Very different from each other in important ways
Not exactly the same in one or more ways
Different in color or style when seen together
Different in important ways
Not the same in value, amount, or importance
Not the same in value, meaning, or result
Antonyms
How Alike
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unalike comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the word alike meaning 'similar', just like unhappy uses un- to mean 'not'. So unalike literally means 'not similar', which is why we use it to say two things are different.