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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNLI'KE, a.
1. Dissimilar; having no resemblance. Never were two men more unlike. The cases are entirely unlike.
2. Improbably; unlikely.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" [syn: unlike, dissimilar, different] [ant: like, similar]
2: not equal in amount; "they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities" [ant: like, same]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 13th century not like: as a. marked by lack of resemblance ; different <the two books are quite unlike> b. marked by inequality ; unequal <contributed unlike amounts> • unlikeness noun II. preposition Date: circa 1592 not like: as a. different from <a landscape unlike any other> b. not characteristic of <it was unlike him to be late> c. in a different manner from <spoke clearly, unlike the others> III. conjunction Date: 1949 in a manner that is different than ; not as Usage: The use of unlike as a conjunction is less common than conjunctive use of like and, while criticized, is not as frequently cited as an error. The conjuctive unlike almost always introduces a prepositional phrase <unlike in other areas, the judiciary cannot justify its attempt…as a necessary evil — Alexandra M. Walsh, Stanford Law Review>. In spite of criticism, this conjunctive use of unlike is well established in both American and British English.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & prep. --adj. 1 not like; different from (is unlike both his parents). 2 uncharacteristic of (such behaviour is unlike him). 3 dissimilar, different. --prep. differently from (acts quite unlike anyone else). Phrases and idioms: unlike signs Math. plus and minus. Derivatives: unlikeness n. Etymology: perh. f. ON úlíkr, OE ungelic: see LIKE(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 (-).

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If one thing is unlike another thing, the two things have different qualities or characteristics from each other. This was a foreign country, so unlike San Jose... She was unlike him in every way except for her coal black eyes. ? like PREP 2. You can use unlike to contrast two people, things, or situations, and show how they are different. Unlike aerobics, walking entails no expensive fees for classes or clubs. ? like PREP 3. If you describe something that a particular person has done as being unlike them, you mean that you are surprised by it because it is not typical of their character or normal behaviour. It was so unlike him to say something like that, with such intensity, that I was astonished... 'We'll all be arrested!' Thomas yelled, which was most unlike him. ? like PREP

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Dissimilar, different. 2. Dissimilar, heterogeneous. 3. Different, diverse.

Moby Thesaurus

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