unrelated
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- United States
Not connected or associated.
adjective
- 1
Not connected or associated.
The holiday started with two unrelated mishaps.
I was having lunch with Jim the other day, who's just had his first kid. Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, there's a new cinema opened up in town.
Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.
- 2
Not related by kinship.
He had the same surname as me, but we were unrelated.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English related English unrelated From un- + related.
Forms
- comparative
- more unrelated
- superlative
- most unrelated
unravel · To cause (something) to no longer be ravelled or tangled; to…unreal · Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in…unreasonable · Without the ability to reason; unreasoning.
unrelated · Not connected or associated.
unreliable · Not reliable.unrest · A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a…unsafe · Not safe (various senses); dangerous.