unlike
verb/ˌʌnˈlaɪk/
/ˌʌnˈlaɪk/
[transitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they unlike | /ˌʌnˈlaɪk/ /ˌʌnˈlaɪk/ |
| unlikes | /ˌʌnˈlaɪks/ /ˌʌnˈlaɪks/ |
| past simple unliked | /ˌʌnˈlaɪkt/ /ˌʌnˈlaɪkt/ |
| past participle unliked | /ˌʌnˈlaɪkt/ /ˌʌnˈlaɪkt/ |
| -ing form unliking | /ˌʌnˈlaɪkɪŋ/ /ˌʌnˈlaɪkɪŋ/ |
- unlike something to show, by clicking a special button, that you disagree with something on social media, a news website, a blog, etc. compare unfriendTopics Opinion and argumentc2
- be unlikedto not be liked by people; to be unpopular
- The article suggests his character was unliked by many.
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps originally an alteration of Old Norse úlíkr; compare with Old English ungelīc ‘not of the same kind, not comparable’.
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