unlike

Meanings

1. Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike.
2. Unequal.
3. Not likely; improbable; unlikely.

1. Different from; not in a like or similar manner.
2. In contrast with; as opposed to.
3. Not typical of one's character or personality.

1. Something that is not like something else; something different.

1. To dislike.
2. To cancel a "like" action.
3. To withdraw support or enjoyment for.

1. The act of withdrawing one's like from a post on social media.

Etymology

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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