unalike

adjective

un·​alike ˌən-ə-ˈlīk How to pronounce unalike (audio)
Synonyms of unalikenext
: not alike : dissimilar
… the eldest of three sisters who were as unalike and yet as close as fingers on a hand.—Nancy Milford

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our opinions of the movie couldn't have been more unalike
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The women couldn’t be more unalike in terms of background and status. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 So many common ingredients, treated wildly unalike. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 14 Apr. 2026 Along with fifty-two books, Hahn wrote more than two hundred articles for The New Yorker, over eight decades, about goings on in places as unalike as Rajasthan, Dar es Salaam, Hong Kong, and Rio de Janeiro. — Ariel Levy, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025 The two girls could not be more unalike, and are not friends. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unalike

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unalike was in 1817

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“Unalike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unalike. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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