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[ dih-sim-uh-ler, dis-sim- ] / dɪˈsɪm ə lər, dɪsˈsɪm- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dissimilar ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot similar; unlike; different. Origin of dissimilarFirst recorded in 1615–25; dis-1 + similar SYNONYMS FOR dissimilardistinct, disparate, diverse, individual. SEE SYNONYMS FOR dissimilar ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM dissimilardis·sim·i·lar·ly, adverbWords nearby dissimilardissever, dissidence, dissident, dissidents, dissilient, dissimilar, dissimilarity, dissimilate, dissimilation, dissimilitude, dissimulate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dissimilarThe stand was not dissimilar from the NBA and WNBA striking games in August after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Why This Aussie WNBA Star Is Tackling Racial Injustice|Leslie dela Vega|October 2, 2020|Ozy Adobe has more than 20,000 employees around the globe, not dissimilar from many of our peers. Four must-haves for business resilience in a time of crisis|Jason Sparapani|September 23, 2020|MIT Technology Review He has a voice not dissimilar in timbre and penetrative ability to the incredibly annoying comedian Stephen Merchant. The Addictive Curse of ‘Let’s Plays’|Tom Sykes|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST “It is not dissimilar from Putin using the Duma to ratify his annexation of the Crimea,” he said. Britain’s PM Cameron And His Awful Assault on Human Rights Court|Nico Hines|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the underlying cause remains inscrutable—and still too dissimilar to draw general conclusions. Let’s Put Things in Perspective: You’re Still Safer on a Military Base|Robert Beckhusen|April 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Although controversial, this is not dissimilar to what other anti-crime groups have done in the past with male predators. The Masculine Mystique|R. Tod Kelly|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST “An oath not dissimilar from what you took when you became a Marine officer,” he told Marshall. Anthony Marshall Heads to Prison, Ending the Brooke Astor Affair|Michael Daly|June 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST The theme was not dissimilar to that which has been here presented in outline. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century|Various It was a lesson, moreover, which I have repeated almost a thousand times, in circumstances not dissimilar. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders|William A. Alcott To me it seems a misnomer to name a river from a branch which is so dissimilar. Mary and I|Stephen Return Riggs First, They unite the parts of a fluid to its similar Solid, or keep them separate from its dissimilar. Micrographia|Robert Hooke The simple contact of dissimilar metals could afford no continuous supply of energy to sustain the current. Heroes of Science: Physicists|William Garnett
British Dictionary definitions for dissimilar
adjectivenot alike; not similar; different Derived forms of dissimilardissimilarly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dissimilarantithetical, disparate, offbeat, diverse, contradictory, divergent, different, unlike, contrary, distant, heterogeneous, individual, opposite, unequal, unique, unrelated, various, weird, antonymous, far cry |