dissimilar
adjective
dis·sim·i·lar
(ˌ)di(s)-ˈsi-mə-lər 
-ˈsim-lər
: not the same or similar : different or unalike
people with dissimilar backgrounds
dissimilar materials
The responsibilities of the resident were not dissimilar to those of the intern …—
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The two movies are very dissimilar.
The writers have dissimilar backgrounds.
The question is not dissimilar to one asked earlier.
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The team found that only pairs consisting of two optimistic participants had similar brain activation; pairs where one or both participants were more pessimistic were dissimilar to each other.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 21 July 2025
For all his bombast online, for instance, Marcus has said that today’s chatbots are a legitimate breakthrough, just far from the breakthrough; for all of Altman’s petulance, OpenAI’s latest large reasoning models rely on new approaches not so dissimilar from Marcus’s own, decades-old ideas.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
The color on her lips wasn’t completely dissimilar to the shimmer on her lids and under her eyes; only the shadow above her nose was tinged with dusty brown and specks of amber.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 July 2025
Previous studies focused on mountainous regions with vegetation dissimilar to the low-lying boreal forests of Finland, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 May 2025
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Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 21 July 2025
For all his bombast online, for instance, Marcus has said that today’s chatbots are a legitimate breakthrough, just far from the breakthrough; for all of Altman’s petulance, OpenAI’s latest large reasoning models rely on new approaches not so dissimilar from Marcus’s own, decades-old ideas.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
The color on her lips wasn’t completely dissimilar to the shimmer on her lids and under her eyes; only the shadow above her nose was tinged with dusty brown and specks of amber.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 July 2025
Previous studies focused on mountainous regions with vegetation dissimilar to the low-lying boreal forests of Finland, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for dissimilar
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“Dissimilar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissimilar. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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dissimilar
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dis·sim·i·lar
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