dissimilar

[Dis*simĀ·i*lar]

If your sister has dark skin and dark hair, and you have fair skin and fair hair, people might say that your looks are dissimilar or not alike.

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Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.

Adjective
not like; marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different"

Adjective
not alike or similar; "as unalike as two people could be"

Adjective
not similar; "a group of very dissimilar people"; "a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm"; "their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own"; "took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem"


a.
Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.


Dissimilar

Dis*sim"i*lar , a. [Pref. dis- + similar: cf. F. dissimilaire.] Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.
This part very dissimilar to any other.

Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.

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Usage Examples

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

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Other Usage Examples

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.

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