unlike

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʌnˈlaɪk/ Rhymes: -aɪk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English unlic, unlich, from Old English unlīċ, unġelīċ (“unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse”), from Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz. By surface analysis, un- +‎ like. Cognate with Dutch ongelijk, German ungleich, Old Norse úlíkr (see there for North Germanic descendants). ==== Adjective ==== unlike (comparative more unlike, superlative most unlike) Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike. Unequal. (archaic) Not likely; improbable; unlikely. ===== Synonyms ===== (not like): See also Thesaurus:different ===== Derived terms ===== unlike-minded ===== Translations ===== ==== Preposition ==== unlike Different from; not in a like or similar manner. In contrast with; as opposed to. Not typical of one's character or personality. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== unlike (plural unlikes) 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. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English unliken, unlyken, equivalent to un- +‎ like. ==== Verb ==== unlike (third-person singular simple present unlikes, present participle unliking, simple past and past participle unliked) To dislike. (social media) To cancel a "like" action. 2009, Ben Zimmer, “On Language: The Age of Undoing”, in The New York Times Magazine, 2009 September 20, page MM8: 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. (by extension) To withdraw support or enjoyment for. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== unlike (plural unlikes) (Internet) The act of withdrawing one's like from a post on social media. === Anagrams === ukelin