unrelated

adjective

Definition of unrelatednext
1
as in unconnected

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2
as in dissimilar

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Recent Examples of unrelated The arrest happened just hours before an armed man was shot by campus police in an unrelated investigation later Monday evening, CSU said. — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 The Tigers will be without preseason All-American linebacker Xavier Atkins, who is out unrelated to injury. — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Whiskey Myers, unrelated to the 19-year-old Myers, will also take one of the GoldenSky stages in October. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Disney+ and Hulu began adding outside podcasts, unrelated to their show programming, earlier this year, after striking a licensing deal with podcast network Headgum. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unrelated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrelated
  1. unconnected
  2. dissimilar
  3. unassociated
  4. different
  5. disparate
  6. unlike
  7. other
  8. diverse
Adjective
  • The company's direct-to-cell technology uses satellites equipped with thousands of antennas to deliver reliable broadband coverage to billions of unconnected people globally.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In 1980 mathematician Harry Kesten succeeded in finding one for a two-dimensional square lattice, showing that a probability of 1⁄2 marks the boundary between an unconnected and a connected system.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of unconnected
Adjective
  • The new version isn’t too dissimilar from the original — both being high-flying rock songs — but Grohl and Smear give the track a distinct Foo Fighters-esque edge.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Interestingly, Gilroy uses the actor in a not-too-dissimilar way to some of those earlier parts.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of dissimilar
Adjective
  • As a result, when an individual provided an email address not previously associated with the account, the system incorrectly sent a password reset link to that unassociated email rather than rejecting the request.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 8 June 2026
  • Those claims already stretched the limits of seriousness and legality, targeting splinter groups – at best – and other bad actors completely unassociated with Al Qaeda at worst.
    — Alexander Langlois, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Definition of unassociated
Adjective
  • Disney — also profitable — has made three rounds of layoffs in 2026 across different parts of the business.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In reality, both objects orbit the star in the same direction, just at different, changing speeds.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of different
Adjective
  • In our conspiratorial age, the idea that there are fine, obscure relationships between seemingly disparate things is a thought seductive on the surface but oftentimes shallow underneath.
    — Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • But Hägglund and a small group of international scientists are pushing to make this happen — and organize what's been a niche and disparate area of research.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of disparate
Adjective
  • Once sequestered, jurors are not allowed any contact with the outside world and - unlike in many US jurisdictions - their deliberations must remain confidential.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Kara isn’t the only superhero with a tragic origin story – but unlike, say, that guy who dresses up as a bat and fights crime after the deaths of his mom and dad, Kara hits up a dive bar and plays with her dog to cope.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 June 2026
Definition of unlike
Adjective
  • Levine did, however, receive a letter signed by over a dozen former Israeli security, intelligence and other officials, including former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, former Mossad director Tamir Pardo and former Shin Bet director Ami Ayalon.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Ten other people, ages 5 to 68, were also hit and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, Police Capt.
    — Maggie Vespa, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of other
Adjective
  • Conceivably, there is Naftali Bennett, who served as PM in 2021-22 but could not keep his diverse coalition together.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Oct. 2026
  • His great-grandson is focused on how to build a corporate culture that suits both Japan, “our mother countryâ€� and the source of more than half of the group’s sales, and the diverse expectations of 40,000 employees around the world.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
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“Unrelated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrelated. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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