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unlike

un·like

UK/ʌnˈlaɪk/ US/ʌˈnlaɪk/ common

adjective

1.

not like; marked by dissimilarity

  • “for twins they are very unlike”
  • “people are profoundly different”
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2.

not equal in amount

  • “they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities”
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Origin

From Middle English unlic, unlich, from Old English unlīċ, unġelīċ (“unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse”), from Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz. By surface analysis, un- + like. Cognate with Dutch ongelijk, German ungleich, Old Norse úlíkr (see there for North Germanic descendants).

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