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dissimilar |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 --Boyle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dissimilar adj 1: 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" [ant: {similar}] 2: not alike or similar; "as unalike as two people could be" [syn: {unalike}] [ant: {alike(p)}] 3: not like marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" [syn: {unlike}, {different}] [ant: {like}]
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