bear little relationship to/with

idiom

: to be very different from : to have no obvious connection to
Her earlier paintings bear little relationship to her later work.

Examples of bear little relationship to/with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Because the system can generate novel proteins that bear little relationship to natural proteins and yet perform the same function, it could be used to find medicines that will be as effective as existing ones, but produce fewer side effects. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2023 But the current formulas still bear little relationship to companies’ bottom lines, the WSJ analysis found. Collin Eaton, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020

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“Bear little relationship to/with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20little%20relationship%20to%2Fwith. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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