dissimilar
adjective /dɪˈsɪmɪlə(r)/
/dɪˈsɪmɪlər/
(formal)- dissimilar (from/to somebody/something) not the same
- These wines are not dissimilar (= are similar).
- The two languages are completely dissimilar from each other.
Extra Examples- His views are not dissimilar from those of the Health Minister.
- The way of life here is not altogether dissimilar to that in other parts of Europe.
- They had spent their childhoods in highly dissimilar circumstances.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- highly
- markedly
- radically
- …
- from
- to
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from dis- (expressing reversal) + similar, on the pattern of Latin dissimilis, French dissimilaire.