dissimilar
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- dissimilarly adverb
Etymology
Origin of dissimilar
Example Sentences
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Considering Red Bull had to build a powertrains factory from literally nothing in this period, and recruit an entirely new staff, their timeline is not that dissimilar from Honda's.
From BBC
This is a theme not dissimilar to peers, they add.
“We are certainly biologically more similar than dissimilar,” she continued.
From Los Angeles Times
The feeling isn’t dissimilar to trying to learn a new language, or even one that you were once semi-proficient in, that you haven’t studied with care in some time.
From Salon
Matt: It’s not dissimilar, in some ways, to the Mike-Will stuff.
From Los Angeles Times
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