unlikeness

Variant of unlike

unlike definition

un·like (-līk′)

adjective

  1. having little or no resemblance; not alike; different; dissimilar
  2. Now Chiefly Dial. unlikely

Etymology: ME unliche: see un- & like

  1. not like; different from a case unlike any other
  2. not characteristic of it's unlike him to give up

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