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un⋅like

  [uhn-lahyk]
Use unlike in a Sentence
–adjective
1. different, dissimilar, or unequal; not alike: They contributed unlike sums to charity.
–preposition
2. dissimilar to; different from: She is unlike my sister in many ways.
3. not typical or characteristic of: It is unlike her to enjoy herself so much.
–noun
4. a person or thing differing from another or others.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME unlik. See un- 1 , like 1

Related forms:
un⋅like⋅ness, noun
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un·like   (ŭn-līk')   
adj.  
  1. Not alike; different: For twins, they are very unlike.
  2. Not equal, as in amount.
prep.  
  1. Different from; not like: She's unlike the rest of her family.
  2. Not typical of: It's unlike him not to call.
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Unlike

Un*like"\, a. 1. Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance; as, the cases are unlike.

2. Not likely; improbable; unlikely. [Obsoles.]

Unlike quantities (Math.), quantities expressed by letters which are different or of different powers, as a, b, c, a^2, a^3, x^n, and the like.

Unlike signs (Math.), the signs plus (+) and minus (-).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : unlike
Spanish: diferente,
German: verschieden,
Japanese: 似ていない
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unlike 
c.1200, "Not resembling," from un- (1) "not" + like. Cf. O.E. ungelic, O.Fris. unlik, O.N. ulikr, M.Da. ulige. Unlikely "not likely to occur" is attested from 1375 (cf. O.N. ulikligr, M.Da. uligelig). Meaning "not likely to be true" is recorded from 1592.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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