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Unlike Preposition Thing Qualities Characteristics Foreign Country San

word unlike
definition
preposition
If one thing is unlike another thing, the two things have different qualities or characteristics from each other.
This was a foreign country, so unlike San Jose.
She was unlike him in every way except for her coal black eyes.
You can use unlike to contrast two people, things, or situations, and show how they are different.
Unlike aerobics, walking entails no expensive fees for classes or clubs.
If you describe something that a particular person has done as being unlike them, you mean that you are surprised by it because it is not typical of their character or normal behaviour .
It was so unlike him to say something like that, with such intensity, that I was astonished.
'We'll all be arrested!' Thomas yelled, which was most unlike him.
cefr-level B1

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