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undissimilar

undissimilar adjective: not dissimilar; having some resemblance.

Adjective

undissimilar (comparative more undissimilar, superlative most undissimilar)

  1. (rare) Not dissimilar; having some resemblance.
    • Objects not undissimilar in kind.1800, The Monthly Mirror, page 35
    • "If these two peoples are so undissimilar—"
      "Crikey!" said Larch, following their thoughts; "that's certainly an idea."1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

Forms of undissimilar

comparativemore undissimilar
superlativemost undissimilar

Origin of undissimilar

un- + dissimilar

Questions about undissimilar

What does undissimilar mean?
Undissimilar means not dissimilar; having some resemblance.
What part of speech is undissimilar?
Undissimilar is an adjective.

Words near undissimilar in the dictionary

  1. undissembling
  2. undissemblingly
  3. undisseminated
  4. undissenting
  5. undissevered
  6. undissimilar
  7. undissimulated
  8. undissipated
  9. undissociability
  10. undissociable
  11. undissociably

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