be dissimilar
Frequency: 8.025.2 per million words
Used to state the fact of being different.
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Examples (10)
- His political ideology is not dissimilar from that of his predecessor.
- The local dialect is not altogether dissimilar to the standard language.
- The two paintings, though by the same artist, are quite dissimilar in style.
- Their initial findings were markedly dissimilar, which prompted further investigation.
- The final product will likely be very dissimilar to the original prototype.
- Although they are twins, their personalities are completely dissimilar.
- The architectural style of the new building is radically dissimilar to everything else in the neighborhood.
- The chemical compositions of the two samples were found to be highly dissimilar.
- The challenges we face today are not entirely dissimilar to those of a century ago.
- These two approaches to solving the problem are fundamentally dissimilar.