unlike

Meanings

Adjective

• Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance.
• Unequal.
• Not likely; improbable; unlikely.

Noun

• Something that is not like something else; something different.
• The act of withdrawing one's like from a post on social media.

Verb

• To dislike.
• To withdraw support for a particular thing, especially on social networking websites.

Origin

• From Middle English unlic, unlich, from Old English unlīċ, unġelīċ, from Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz; surface analysis: un- + like. Cognate with Dutch ongelijk, German ungleich, Old Norse úlíkr (see there for North Germanic descendants).
• From Middle English unliken, unlyken, equivalent to .