Meaning

3 senses

  1. Different from; not in a like or similar manner.

    The disgust I felt after watching last weekend's horror movie was unlike anything I had felt before.

    anders als

  2. In contrast with; as opposed to.

    Claudia hardly ever drinks beer or wine, unlike Phillip, for whom the bar is practically a second home.

    im Gegensatz zu, im Unterschied zu, zum Unterschied von

    в отли́чие отv otlíčije ot

    на відмі́ну відna vidmínu vid

  3. Not typical of one's character or personality.

    Being late is unlike him.

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

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  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

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

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

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  4. It is unlike him to be late.

    ruНе в его привычках опаздывать. — marafon

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

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

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

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in contrast with; as opposed to:
Русский
By meaning 1
in contrast with; as opposed to:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
different from:
in contrast with; as opposed to:
untypical of:

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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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unleashunleavenedunlessB1unlicensedunlikelyB1unlimitedB2

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