dissimilar
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- dissimilarly adverb
Etymology
Origin of dissimilar
Example Sentences
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BTS has issued a different but not dissimilar concept with “Arirang.”
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
It is dissimilar to a historic home run because a baseball leaves the field of play, and the owner becomes the fortunate fan.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Yet again, however, the dissimilar qualities start to feel like echoes.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
The chapel’s four dissimilar facades—essentially interconnected white surfaces, ornamented and perforated with markedly different patterns of windows and doorways—are topped with a gray, curvaceous concrete roof.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
But the characters were just dissimilar enough to slip through the computer’s net.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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