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unlikened

unlikened is the simple past and past participle of unliken.

Meaning of unliken

Verb

unliken (third-person singular simple present unlikens, present participle unlikening, simple past and past participle unlikened)

  1. (transitive) To make unlike or describe as being unlike.
    • "To unliken them would make nonsense of any poem," I said.1948, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 264, page 178

Adjective

unlikened (not comparable)

  1. Not having been likened.
    • His was a character unlikened to any ever recorded in the annals of history. He was one of the noblest specimens of humanity that ever wore a jacket of grey. His soul was as pure as the driven snow, and his heart as clear as the crystal waters.1988, Confederate Veteran, volume 10, page 255
    • I have entrusted you with My Cross; bear It with love; soon there is going to be a time of great distress unlikened to any other […]2011, Vassula Ryden, True Life in God, volume 3, page 86

Questions about unlikened

What does unlikened mean?
Unlikened means not having been likened.
What is unlikened the simple past and past participle of?
Unlikened is the simple past and past participle of unliken.
What part of speech is unlikened?
Unlikened is an adjective.

Words near unlikened in the dictionary

  1. unlikelily
  2. unlikeliness
  3. unlikelinesses
  4. unlikely
  5. unliken
  6. unlikened
  7. unlikeness
  8. unlikenesses
  9. unlikening
  10. unlikens
  11. unlikes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unlikened (page history and authors); unliken (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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