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Unrelated Common

Unrelated has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

lacking a logical or causal relation

"The sudden power outage was completely unrelated to the earlier storm that passed over our city."

2

not connected by kinship

"My cousin is entirely unrelated to our family tree because he adopted her after being found as a baby."

3

not connected or associated

"The two events were completely unrelated, occurring in different cities at different times."

In plain English: Unrelated means having no connection to something else at all.

"The incident turned out to be unrelated to his earlier mistakes."

Example Sentences
"The incident turned out to be unrelated to his earlier mistakes." adj
"The noise from the construction site was unrelated to our meeting schedule." adj
"Her hobby of painting is completely unrelated to her job in accounting." adj
"We found that the two rumors turned out to be entirely unrelated stories." adj
Related Terms
Antonyms
related to related

Origin

The word unrelated is formed by adding the prefix un- to related to indicate a negative or opposite state. It entered English as a straightforward combination of these two existing elements to describe things that have no connection.

Rhyming Words
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