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- noun Plural form of
unlikeness .
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Examples
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Studies revealed unlikenesses in mass, axial inclination, rotation period, precise atmospheric composition, spectra and therefore composition of vegetable life - on and on, a catalogue that was never completed.
Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998
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She was akin to Envoy in her general plan - seen across fifty kilometers, the unlikenesses were few, the most obvious a proportionately larger hull - but of more than twice the linear dimensions, ten times the burden.
Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998
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I don't suppose the unlikenesses will appear so great to human eyes.
Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981
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The mind is said to compare the characteristics of the several particular cases, noting any likenesses and unlikenesses.
Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Sometimes the unlikenesses were so great as to be positively glaring.
The Pursuit of God 1930
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Their very unlikenesses pricked each on to seek himself in the other.
Foes Mary Johnston 1903
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A review of their several conditions at this time would show general prosperity and enjoyment of liberty, but great unlikenesses in manners and customs and private prejudices.
The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Julian Hawthorne 1890
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And yet, when we cast a broad glance upon all the cities of Europe, the local and national unlikenesses disappear, and we are struck to find among all of them a wonderful resemblance, although each has developed for itself, independently from the others, and in different conditions.
Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin 1881
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It was an unmistakably characteristic architecture, and while it exhibits manifold unlikenesses in detail, due to differences in intelligence as well as to the presence or absence of sundry materials, there is one underlying principle always manifest.
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871
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Along with the likenesses, however, there are numerous unlikenesses, due to the change of kinship, among the European groups, from the female line to the male.
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871
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