unlike

unlike
un|like1 W3 [ʌnˈlaık] prep
1.) completely different from a particular person or thing
Tammy was unlike any other woman I have ever known.
2.) not typical of someone at all
It's unlike Greg to be late.
3.) used when saying how one person or thing is different from another
Unlike most people in the office, I don't come to work by car.
4.) not unlike
similar to
In appearance John is not unlike his brother.
The landscape is not unlike that of Scotland.
unlike 2
unlike2 adj literary
not alike

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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