unlike

/ʌnˈlaɪk/ preposition

Translation

DIFFERENT › different from someone or something

...dan/den farklı olarak; ...ın/in aksine; ...ın/in tersine

Jackie's really clever, unlike her sister. The furniture was unlike anything she had ever seen.1882

NOT TYPICAL › not typical of someone or something

farklı, benzemez, ayrı

It's unlike her to be quiet - was there something wrong?1882

(Definition of unlike preposition from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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