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Examples of unlike in a Sentence
a comparison of unlike things
you're trying to compare very unlike things—like those proverbial apples and oranges
Recent Examples of unlike from the Web
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And not unlike Discover’s own program, retailing giant Walmart announced in late May plans to offer subsidized college tuition for its workers, both online and in-person, at the University of Florida, Brandman University, and Bellevue University.
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Xhaka is currently at the World Cup with his national team - unlike Bellerin, who was passed over for Dani Carvajal and Álvaro Odriozola, with Nacho and Cesar Azpilicueta preferred by Julen Lopetegui as versatile backup options.
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In Canada, a flaky tart shell holds a dense, sweet sugar custard not unlike pecan pie filling.
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Because unlike students being murdered in their American classrooms, a Royal Wedding is a rare event.
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But as scary as news of a failure in your bank's online security system can be, there's something even more terrifying about human failures; unlike network breaches, these strike at our primal need to trust.
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That's not unlike Trump going after former Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, who resigned his seat after allegations of unwanted and forcible kissing by multiple women.
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And beams of light, unlike wires, are hazardous to human eyeballs, which means that these bots are not going to be free to play Johnny Appleseed any time soon.
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Both service and support animals fly in the cabin for free, unlike household pets, for which American charges a $125 fee.
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First Known Use of unlike
13th century
unlike Synonyms
Synonyms
different, disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, diverse, nonidentical, other, unalike;
Near Antonyms
akin, analogous, comparable, homological, homologous, related;
Related Words
divers, miscellaneous, mixed, several, sundry, variant, varied, various;
differentiable, discriminable;
alternate, alternative, individual, particular, peculiar, single;
Definition of unlike
: not like: such as
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: different from
- a landscape unlike any other
b
: not characteristic of
- it was unlike him to be late
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: in a different manner from
- spoke clearly, unlike the others
Examples of unlike in a Sentence
The plants that grow here are unlike the plants that grow where I live.
She's unlike anyone I've ever met.
Recent Examples of unlike from the Web
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That’s because — unlike the dystopian hellscape that is Handmaid’s Gilead — Castle Rock simply isn’t that scary.
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Saturn has a magnetosphere that cocoons Enceladus, unlike our own moon.
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And the exclusion of services, which make up 80% of the economy and in which, unlike goods, Britain has a large trade surplus, seems better for the EU than for the United Kingdom.
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Since George is wide awake (unlike Louis), Kate is using her motherly instincts to keep him calm.
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Being a district court judge does not require running for office, unlike those in circuit court who have to run for 15-year terms after being appointed.
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What’s more, unlike most other deep-sea fish, the stoplight loosejaw is also one of few fish able to see long red wavelengths by producing a derivative of chlorophyll, the light-converting pigment typically found in plants.
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And, unlike the Soviet Union, which inserted itself in Middle Eastern conflicts as a way to promote the Communist ideology during the Cold War confrontation, modern Russia has no alternative social and economic model to spread.
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As for the idea that the conditions asylum-seekers face today aren’t really America’s problem unlike those of Jim Crow refugees, that’s just patently untrue.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unlike.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of unlike
1600
Can unlike be used as a conjunction?
The use of unlike as a conjunction is less common than conjunctive use of like and, while criticized, is not as frequently cited as an error. The conjunctive unlike almost always introduces a prepositional phrase.
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- unlike in other areas, the judiciary cannot justify its attempt … as a necessary evil
- —Alexandra M. Walsh, Stanford Law Rev.
First Known Use of unlike
1873
UNLIKE Defined for English Language Learners
unlike
Definition of unlike for English Language Learners
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: different from (something or someone)
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: not typical of (someone) : not normal for (someone)
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—used to indicate how someone or something is different from other people or things
UNLIKE Defined for Kids
Definition of unlike for Students
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: different from
- You are unlike the rest.
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: unusual for
- It's unlike them to be so late.
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: differently from
- I behave unlike the others.
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