unlike
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike.
The brothers are quite unlike each other.
- 2.
Unequal.
They contributed in unlike amounts.
- 3.
(archaic)Not likely; improbable; unlikely.
preposition
preposition- 1.
Different from; not in a like or similar manner.
The disgust I felt after watching last weekend's horror movie was unlike anything I had felt before.
- 2.
In contrast with; as opposed to.
Claudia hardly ever drinks beer or wine, unlike Phillip, for whom the bar is practically a second home.
- 3.
Not typical of one's character or personality.
Being late is unlike him.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
Something that is not like something else; something different.
2012, J. Bogen, J. E. McGuire, How Things Are: Studies in Predication and the History of Philosophy and Science If the beings are many, then they must be likes and unlikes. But this is impossible, for unlikes cannot be likes, and likes cannot be unlikes.
- 2.
(Internet)The act of withdrawing one's like from a post on social media.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To dislike.
- 2.
(social media) To cancel a "like" action.
I unliked the post after I found out the author was racist.
Facebook, for instance, allows you to register approval for a posted message in a very concrete way, by clicking a thumbs-up like button. Toggling off the button results in unliking your previously liked item. Note that this is different from disliking something, since unliking simply returns you to a neutral state.
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From Middle English unlic, unlich, from Old English unlīċ, unġelīċ (unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse), from Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz. un- like. Cognate with ongelijk, ungleich, úlíkr (see there for North Germanic descendants).