dissimilar
Example Sentences
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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
This is a theme not dissimilar to peers, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The feeling isn’t dissimilar to trying to learn a new language, or even one that you were once semi-proficient in, that you haven’t studied with care in some time.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026
The scientific study produced an unexpected discovery which the team describe as "totally dissimilar to anything else we've uncovered".
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
The anecdote elevated Dick’s opinion of Little Perry; he began to see more of him, and, like Willie-Jay, though for dissimilar reasons, gradually decided that Perry possessed unusual and valuable qualities.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Vocabulary lists containing dissimilar
100 SAT Words Beginning with "D"
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Power Prefix: Dis-
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