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dissimilar

adjective

not alike or similar

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Word Facts

Word length
10
Starts with
D
Ends with
R
Contains
IS
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

dɪˈsɪmɪlə(ɹ)

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adjective

  1. not alike or similar

    “as unalike as two people could be”

adjective

  1. not similar

    “a group of very dissimilar people”

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Example Sentences

as unalike as two people could be
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

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