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unlike

/ʌnˈlaɪk/ preposition B2
  1. Different from; not in a like or similar manner. · The disgust I felt after watching last weekend's horror movie was unlike anything I had felt before.
  2. In contrast with; as opposed to. · Claudia hardly ever drinks beer or wine, unlike Phillip, for whom the bar is practically a second home.
  3. Not typical of one's character or personality. · Being late is unlike him.
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“Very soft is his skin, and he is not unlike the Bandar-log.
The Jungle Book, p. 59 · B2
There was a tang in the very air that inspired the hearts of small maidens tripping, unlike snails, swiftly and willingly to school; and it _was_ jolly to be back again at the little brown desk beside Diana, with Ruby Gillis nodding across the aisle and Carrie Sloane sending up notes and Julia Bell passing a “chew” of gum down from the back seat.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 181 · C1
They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 23 · B2
Your tempers are by no means unlike.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 329 · B2

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