Definitions for unlike
ʌnˈlaɪkun·like

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unlike, dissimilar, differentadjective

   marked by dissimilarity

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

2. unlikeadjective

   not equal in amount

   "they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unlikeadjective

   1. Dissimilar; having no resemblance.

   Where cases are so unlike as theirs and ours, I see not how that which they did, should induce, much less inforce us to the same practice. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   So the twins humours, in our Terence, are
   Unlike; this harsh and rude, that smooth and fair. John Denham.

   Unlike the niceness of our modern dames;
   Affected nymphs, with new affected names. Dryden.

   Our ideas, whilst we are awake, succeed one another, not much unlike the images in the inside of a lanthorn. John Locke.

   Some she disgrac’d, and some with honours crown’d;
   Unlike successes equal merits found. Alexander Pope.

   2. Improbable; unlikely; not likely.

   Make not impossible that which but seems unlike. William Shakespeare.

   What befel the empire of Almaigne were not unlike to befal to Spain, if it should break. Francis Bacon.

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1. unlike

   Unlike is a preposition or conjunction that is used to indicate difference or dissimilarity between two or more entities, individuals, or concepts. It can also mean to contrast or compare one thing with another.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Unlikeadjective

   not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance; as, the cases are unlike

2. Unlikeadjective

   not likely; improbable; unlikely

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Unlike

   un-līk′, adj. not like or similar: having no resemblance.—adv. in another manner to.—ns. Unlike′lihood, Unlike′liness, improbability.—adj. Unlike′ly, not likely: improbable: likely to fail.—adv. in an unlikely manner, improbably.—n. Unlike′ness, want of resemblance.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unlike' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2502

How to pronounce unlike?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unlike in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unlike in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of unlike in a Sentence

1. Hubert Humphrey:

   In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.

2. Robert Menendez:

   Unlike President Obama's characterization of those who have raised serious questions about the agreement, or who have opposed it, I did not vote for the war in Iraq, I opposed it, unlike the Vice President and the Secretary of State, who both supported it, i know that, in many respects, it would be far easier to support this deal, as it would have been to vote for the war in Iraq at the time. But I didn't choose the easier path then, and I'm not going to now.

3. Van Wyck Brooks:

   The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me, by newspapers and the Bible.

4. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

5. Vladimir Putin:

   Do you think that our Special Services actually organized surveillance on each and every of them? well, unlike you, unlike the United States, we don't do this. We don't have enough resources. We don't have enough manpower to organize the total state of control. That's not part of our plans. And it's clear that we did nothing of that kind of against Mr. Trump.

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