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unalike

If you and your brother are very different from each other — he's tall and you're short, he's studious and you're adventurous, he likes chocolate ice cream while you prefer vanilla — the two of you are unalike.

When you take apart unalike, you get un-, "not," and alike, "very similar to each other." So if you're wearing a formal gown and your oldest sneakers, the elements of your outfit are unalike. If your dad always votes Republican but your mom is a lifelong Democrat, they're unalike — politically, anyway. Use this adjective when you're talking about two or more things (or people) who are dissimilar or mismatched.

Definitions of unalike
  1. adjective
    not alike or similar
    “as unalike as two people could be”
    synonyms: dissimilar
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    antonyms:
    alike
    having the same or similar characteristics
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