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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. not similar;
- Example: "a group of very dissimilar people"
- Example: "a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm"
- Example: "their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own"
- Example: "took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem"

2. not alike or similar;
- Example: "as unalike as two people could be"
[syn: unalike, dissimilar]

3. marked by dissimilarity;
- Example: "for twins they are very unlike"
- Example: "people are profoundly different"
[syn: unlike, dissimilar, different]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dissimilar \Dis*sim"i*lar\, a. [Pref. dis- + similar: cf. F.
   dissimilaire.]
   Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men
   are as dissimilar as their features.
   [1913 Webster]

         This part very dissimilar to any other.  --Boyle.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dissimilar
    adj 1: 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" [ant: similar]
    2: not alike or similar; "as unalike as two people could be"
       [syn: unalike, dissimilar] [ant: alike(p), like,
       similar]
    3: marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike";
       "people are profoundly different" [syn: unlike,
       dissimilar, different] [ant: like, similar]