unlike

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Not like

   Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike.

   • The brothers are quite unlike each other.
   • It may be conjectured with some confidence that it is very unlike what is called the Wild and sometimes the Woolly West, which I did not see.
2. 2

   Unequal.

   • They contributed in unlike amounts.
   • The earth is unlike the wire in size, resistance, and carrying capacity. Hence, telephone service calk for two wires of equal size, resistance, and carrying capacity.
   • Commodities utterly unlike each other in all apparent physical properties, such as color, weight, size, shape, substance,
3. 3

   Not likely

   Not likely; improbable; unlikely.

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   1. 4

      Different from

      Different from; not in a like or similar manner.

      • The disgust I felt after watching last weekend's horror movie was unlike anything I had felt before.
      • Hal kept pace beside her in his ambling, arm-swinging way. He walked unlike other men she knew, like someone who had never carried a briefcase.
      • These drugs work unlike any medicine ever created.
   2. 5

      In contrast with

      In contrast with; as opposed to.

      • Claudia hardly ever drinks beer or wine, unlike Phillip, for whom the bar is practically a second home.
      • Canadians can not bring a "national" piece of litigation, unlike what can be done in the United States.
      • Unlike the elbows-out jostling in New York, there will be no campaigning:
   3. 6

      Not typical of one's character or personality.

      • Being late is unlike him.
   4. 7

      Something that is not like something else

      Something that is not like something else; something different.

   5. 8

      To dislike.

      • We are not insensible of the fact that these principles ever will be unliked by the men of tho world
      • "He doesn't seem to be unliked by anyone, no." Scott's lawyerly impulse was to dismiss any and all advice or speculation made by this woman who used "unliked" rather than "disliked"
   6. 9

      To cancel a "like" action.

      • I unliked the post after I found out the author was racist.
   7. 10

      The act of withdrawing one's like from a post on social media.

      • Getting an unlike for every 20 likes is common and not something you need to be losing sleep over.
      • On Facebook, users can also hide anyone in their network, including companies, from their News Feed, which is worse than an unlike, as brands cannot measure how many people still like them but have hidden their status updates […]

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