Adjective
/disˈsimilər/,

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Not alike; different, 
                    
                    
                        
        
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Not alike; different
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a collection of dissimilar nations lacking overall homogeneity
                                            
 
 
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the pleasures of the romance novel are not dissimilar from those of the chocolate bar
                                            
 
 
 
                     
 
 
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- not similar; "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"
- unalike: not alike or similar; "as unalike as two people could be"
- unlike:  marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different"
- Not similar; unlike; different