unlike

Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike.

The brothers are quite unlike each other.

It may be conjectured with some confidence that it is very unlike what is called the Wild and sometimes the Woolly West, which I did not see.

Unequal.

They contributed in unlike amounts.

The earth is unlike the wire in size, resistance, and carrying capacity. Hence, telephone service calk for two wires of equal size, resistance, and carrying capacity.

Not likely; improbable; unlikely.

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.

Hal kept pace beside her in his ambling, arm-swinging way. He walked unlike other men she knew, like someone who had never carried a briefcase.

In contrast with; as opposed to.

Claudia hardly ever drinks beer or wine, unlike Phillip, for whom the bar is practically a second home.

Canadians can not bring a "national" piece of litigation, unlike what can be done in the United States.

Not typical of one's character or personality.

Being late is unlike him.

Something that is not like something else; something different.

2012, J. Bogen, J. E. McGuire, How Things Are: Studies in Predication and the History of Philosophy and Science If the beings are many, then they must be likes and unlikes. But this is impossible, for unlikes cannot be likes, and likes cannot be unlikes.