What is the meaning of dissimilar?

adjective

  • Not similar.
    • usage: "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"
  • Not alike or similar.
    • usage: "as unalike as two people could be"
  • Marked by dissimilarity.
    • usage: "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different"
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