Unrelated

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not connected or associated.

    "The holiday started with two unrelated mishaps."

  2. 2
    Not related by kinship.

    "He had the same surname as me, but we were unrelated."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not connected by kinship wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking a logical or causal relation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
unconnectedalienapartassorteddetacheddifferent

Example

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"We see the crumbling of the nation, the breaking up and disintegration, until the only suitable picture is that of the valley of dry bones, very many and much scattered, unrelated, unarticulated, disintegrated."

Etymology

From un- + related.

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