unrelated

Definition of unrelatednext

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Recent Examples of unrelated Joseph, meanwhile, is also facing charges of lewd and lascivious behavior in an unrelated case out of Florida. Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026 The lawsuit follows separate scrutiny of Blueprint over its handling of discovery in an unrelated case tied to Penn State. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 Apr. 2026 Anecdotal evidence on social media shows some users complaining about GPT’s penchant for focusing on goblins in completely unrelated conversations in recent days. Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026 The vessel's name is unrelated to the president. Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unrelated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrelated
Adjective
  • Both firms highlight the opportunity for satellite internet companies to reach millions of unconnected people in remote parts of the continent.
    Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • In the fiercely competitive world of academia, two young researchers, Roland Michell and Maud Bailey, are each researching individually into the lives and works of two apparently unconnected fictional Victorian poets, Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel LaMotte.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Together with the rapid motion of the PBH—traveling at hundreds of times the speed of sound through the bulk of our planet—this would create a shock wave not too dissimilar from an earthquake.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Cousins’s presence means Mendoza likely won’t have to start right away, and will also have a veteran quarterback who can mentor him — not dissimilar to how Alex Smith started for the Chiefs during Patrick Mahomes’s rookie year.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • And while there is a minor character, unassociated with any actual F1 race team, who emerges as a foil to Hayes, Bruckheimer made clear that the story centers on the tension between two drivers, the aging Hayes and the up-and-comer Pearce, on the same fictional team.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Notably, Bauhinia blakeana is a sterile hybrid, resulting from the cross-pollination of two different plant varieties.
    Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • Those two would be no different.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2026
Adjective
  • Critics haven’t been able to reconcile the film’s disparate goals.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The granular data on the way disparate health outcomes play out across states and races may help health disparities researchers discern which policies are successful and which are not, said Philip Alberti, an epidemiologist and the director of the AAMC Center for Health Justice.
    Anil Oza, STAT, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • At Wild Adventures Theme Park in Valdosta, Georgia, a zebra named Kurtsie and a giraffe named Bakari have formed an unlike friendship — one that began with curiosity, grew through hardship and blossomed into an inseparable bond.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Or the move could have been to help the calf stay afloat—unlike adults, young sperm whales tend to sink and need to swim harder to reach the surface to breathe.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The royal pair is set to spend time at the nation's capital, including a formal state dinner at the White House and an address to a joint session of Congress, before venturing to other nearby states.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • On Saturday, Moscow pummeled the central city of Dnipro and other areas for more than twenty hours with barrages of missiles and drones, killing at least seven people.
    Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • During the last decade, Parker’s routine has fostered one of the country’s most compelling new music scenes, where players from diverse backgrounds and demographics have converged to create wildly accessible improvised music.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The vast and diverse plant category of ground covers includes tough, fast-spreading creeping wire vine, drought-tolerant Blue Rug Juniper or Myoporum, and colorful flowering ground covers like iceplant and common periwinkle.
    Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026

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“Unrelated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrelated. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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