Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not alike; different.
- adjective Not equal, as in amount.
- preposition Different from; not like.
- preposition Not typical of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not in a like or similar manner; not like or as.
- Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance.
- Not likely; improbable; unlikely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance.
- adjective obsolescent Not likely; improbable; unlikely.
- adjective (Math.) quantities expressed by letters which are different or of different powers, as a, b, c, a2, a3, xn, and the like.
- adjective (Math.) the signs
plus (+) andminus (-).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance.
- adjective Unequal.
- adjective archaic Not likely; improbable; unlikely.
- preposition Differently from; not in a like or similar manner.
- preposition In contrast with.
- verb To
dislike . - verb To withdraw support for a particular thing, especially on social networking websites
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by dissimilarity
- adjective not equal in amount
Etymologies
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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But then it's a word unlike any other in current usage.
Vajazzled! Carole Cadwalladr examines how chavs have replaced working class people on Britain's TV 2011
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CONAN: And it almost sounds - and I'm reading between your lines here - as if you were, to some degree, surprised that she might not embrace the term unlike Rush Limbaugh's feminazi (ph).
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They must, in the grand tradition of the French, whose revolution was worthy of the name unlike America's, have lots of knitting that needs to be done, and like Chauncy Gardener, like to watch.
Crooks and Liars murshedz 2011
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He was lucky to get away with his title unlike STURM.
East Side Boxing 2009
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Wide receiver Keith Smith seemed so angry about the turn of events that his lips were quivering as he spoke after the game, which he described as unlike any in which he has played.
unknown title 2009
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He remains committed to our soldiers, again unlike the Bush admin.
General Shinseki: Act II, Scene 1 - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Maybe one day you will realize this man has brain unlike the previous Coward-in-Chief.
Obama admin releases list of health care execs to visit WH 2009
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Regardless, the extremist component to the Obama photoshopped photo, again unlike the chimp comparison, is flattering transparent for any the single meaningful or caring about the hardship of black folk in the story of the USA.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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FakeDrHunt: You stupid ass is safe since President Obama was sworn in unlike the goat phuking shrub.
Think Progress » Maddow Corrects GOP Rep. Schock On Basic Facts Of Abdulmuttalab Case 2010
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I am a REPUBLICAN and have nothing against personal Palin – unlike most do as I say but not as I do democrats.
Plouffe: Palin would be 'catastrophic' as 2012 GOP nominee 2009
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November 14, 2008