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.

Examples of exact opposite in a Sentence

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For women dealing with infertility issues, this can be cause for celebration; for those who are actively trying to avoid pregnancy by taking birth control pills, the exact opposite. —Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024

Cloud computing and enterprise software provider Appian took the exact opposite approach to Morningstar. —John Kell, Fortune, 2 May 2024

The setting is open and light, the exact opposite of the bank-vault dankness of last season’s Armory Show at the Javits Center. —Holland Cotter, New York Times, 2 May 2024

In the Bush administration, several senior officials, intent on making a stronger case for invading Iraq, publicly stated that Saddam’s regime had an ongoing relationship with al Qaeda—the exact opposite of what the CIA had concluded. —David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024

If Macron was trying to deliver a message to Putin that Europe was united on Ukraine policy, his remarks did the exact opposite. —Daniel Depetris, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024

However, Kroger says the exact opposite, promising to lower prices at checkout. —Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024

The very thing that’s supposed to help, is doing the exact opposite. —Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024

Which was, obviously, the exact opposite of what happened. —Valerie Monroe, Allure, 8 Feb. 2024