Unlike quantities (Math.), quantities expressed by letters which are
different or of different powers, as a, b, c, a2, a3, xn, and the like.
— Unlike signs (Math.), the signs plus (+) and minus (- ).
Un*like"li*hood (?), n. Absence of likelihood.
Un*like"li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being unlikely.
Un*like"ly, a. 1. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably
expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very
unlikely.
2. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising;
as, unlikely means. Hooker.
3. Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable. [Obs.]
"The unlikely eld of me." Chaucer.
Un*like"ly, adv. In an unlikely manner.
Un*lik"en (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + liken.] To make unlike; to
dissimilate. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Un*like"ness, n. The quality or state of being unlike; want of
resemblance; dissimilarity. Tennyson.
Un*lim"ber (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + limber.] (Mil.) To detach the
limber from; as, to unlimber a gun.
Un*lim"it*a*ble (?), a. Illimitable. Locke.
Un*lim"it*ed, a. 1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an
unlimited expanse of ocean.
2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as,
unlimited terms. "Nothing doth more prevail than unlimited
generalities." Hooker.