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[ adjective ] not similar

Examples

"a group of very dissimilar people" "a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm" "their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own" "took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem"

Used in print

(Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)

For_one_thing , the organs of speech of the Ozagen natives differed somewhat from Earthmen 's ; the sounds made by these organs were , therefore , dissimilar .

Related terms

similar similarity

2
[ adjective ] not alike or similar

Synonyms

unalike

Examples

"as unalike as two people could be"

Related terms

alike likeness

3
[ adjective ] not like; marked by dissimilarity

Synonyms

unlike different

Examples

"for twins they are very unlike" "people are profoundly different"

Related terms

like different

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