unlike

Definition

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

Etymology

From Middle English unlic, unlich, from Old English unlīċ, unġelīċ (“unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse”), from Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz. By surface analysis, un- + like. Cognate with Dutch ongelijk, German ungleich, Old Norse úlíkr (see there for North Germanic descendants).

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "They contributed in unlike amounts."