[ UK /ʌnlˈa‍ɪk/ ]
[ US /ənˈɫaɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. marked by dissimilarity
    for twins they are very unlike
  2. not equal in amount
    they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities
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How To Use unlike In A Sentence

  • The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
  • He made comments about a couple of items, suggesting an appetizer that sounded unlikely but that, in his words,'went down a treat. FOLLY
  • The game's protagonist, Laharl, a self-absorbed demon who also happens to be prince to the throne of the netherworld, is as unlikely a ‘hero’ as one could expect.
  • Here, however, they are unlikely to survive the frosts although both impatiens and pelagoniums can be kept for next year in a heated greenhouse or brought indoors and used as house plants.
  • Unlike the other swap deals, this deal, called a "swaption," is on a fixed-rate bond. Undefined
  • Hillary's woman problem is that her reach among women over 30 I don't want to use the term older women is unlikely to change much. Hillary's Woman Problem Part II
  • It is unlikely that their blueprint for economic reform will be put into action.
  • Ray was knocking them down one by one, unlike his tragic ancestor who only knocked himself down.
  • Unlike anything else in his catalog, Aura is a ten-part suite composed by Danish flugelhornist Palle Mikkelbourg as a tribute. Fulldls.com
  • More than that and we'd be unlikely to win. Times, Sunday Times
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