exact opposite
noun
: the complete opposite
I realize now that I have tried to make my work the exact opposite of my father's.
He used to be romantic, but now he's the exact opposite.
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The stock is down about 11% year to date — the exact opposite of Coke.
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Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 16 July 2025
The chess engine always has a precise understanding of the gameplay while the LLM works out problems statistically based on training data – the exact opposite to the engine.
—David Szondy
june 15, New Atlas, 15 June 2025
Instead the White House’s budget would do the exact opposite.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
This blatant whopper of a falsehood is truly unbelievable since the truth is the exact opposite.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2025
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Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 16 July 2025
The chess engine always has a precise understanding of the gameplay while the LLM works out problems statistically based on training data – the exact opposite to the engine.
—David Szondy
june 15, New Atlas, 15 June 2025
Instead the White House’s budget would do the exact opposite.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
This blatant whopper of a falsehood is truly unbelievable since the truth is the exact opposite.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for exact opposite
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“Exact opposite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exact%20opposite. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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