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dissimilar - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'dissimilar' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dissimilar [ a.]
- Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.

Meaning of 'dissimilar' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dissimilar [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not similar
Example in sentence:
  • 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
Meaning (2):
- not alike or similar
Example in sentence:
  • as unalike as two people could be