1. made different or unlike; changed to become less similar
Usage: linguistics

1. past tense of dissimilate; made different or caused to become unlike
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The consonants were dissimilated over time to avoid repetition.
• The linguist studied how sounds became dissimilated in the dialect.
• The two similar phonemes dissimilated to create clearer distinctions.
• Historical changes dissimilated the originally identical forms.
• The language dissimilated certain sound patterns for easier pronunciation.
• Speakers unconsciously dissimilated the repeated sounds in the word.