Meaning

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

    The brothers are quite unlike each other.

    unähnlich

    несхо́жийnesxóžyj

  2. Unequal.

    They contributed in unlike amounts.

  3. (archaic)Not likely; improbable; unlikely.

More definitions
  • marked by dissimilarity
  • not equal in amount

Examples

176 sentences
  1. This is so unlike you.

    Це так на тебе не схоже. — deniko

    ruЭто так на тебя не похоже. — Balamax

    deDas sieht dir überhaupt nicht ähnlich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Unlike my brother, I can't swim.

    На відміну від мого брата, я не вмію плавати. — aandrusiak

    ruВ отличие от своего брата, я не умею плавать. — Selena777

    deAnders als mein Bruder kann ich nicht schwimmen. — pne

  3. It's unlike him to get so angry.

    deEs ist nicht seine Art, derart in Wut zu geraten. — Adelpa

  4. It is unlike him to be late.

    ruНе в его привычках опаздывать. — marafon

    deEs ist nicht seine Art, sich zu verspäten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. It's unlike Tom to get so angry.

    deEs sieht Tom gar nicht ähnlich, sich so zu echauffieren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
dissimilar:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
dissimilar:

Origin

From Middle English unlic, unlich, from Old English unlīċ, unġelīċ (“unlike, different, di

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).

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Forms

more unlike, most unlike
Comparativemore unlike Lesson
Superlativemost unlike Lesson

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unlike — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto