unconnected
adjective
un·con·nect·ed
ˌən-kə-ˈnek-təd 
: not joined, linked together, or related : not connected
two unconnected plots of land
unconnected events
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Yet to those who have followed Farris’s career, the adoption of his arguments by so many families unconnected to home schooling is a measure of his success.
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Emma Brown and Peter Jamison, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2023
Cultural observers note that the song’s rapid rise did not come from an orchestrated campaign but rather a series of unconnected and overlapping actions.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
Another image taken by Hubble in 2009 shows an optical illusion made up of at least four galaxies that look to form a similar shape but are mostly unconnected.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Aug. 2023
Burke said a fire alarm earlier in the day at the State House was likely unconnected to the fire in the basement, given the time between.
—Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
The subtext of Putin’s speech seemed to imply that before Russia’s full-scale invasion Prigozhin was operating on his own, and that everything that came before February 2022 was the work of a private entity unconnected to the Russian state.
—Time, 25 Aug. 2023
Why, for example, in a documentary set largely in Provincetown is the only acknowledgment of the gay community a two-minute glimpse of a shark-heavy musical revue that’s formally and tonally unconnected to anything else?
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2023
The four seemingly unconnected victims were each killed – but not robbed – while walking alone at night within a half-mile area, police said, leading to fears of a serial killer on the loose.
—Michelle Watson, CNN, 1 May 2023
Created by and starring Tim Robinson, the show consists of a series of largely unconnected, absurd standalone sketches, which often exaggerate an embarassing social situation to the extreme.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 27 Apr. 2023
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Emma Brown and Peter Jamison, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2023
Cultural observers note that the song’s rapid rise did not come from an orchestrated campaign but rather a series of unconnected and overlapping actions.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
Another image taken by Hubble in 2009 shows an optical illusion made up of at least four galaxies that look to form a similar shape but are mostly unconnected.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Aug. 2023
Burke said a fire alarm earlier in the day at the State House was likely unconnected to the fire in the basement, given the time between.
—Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
The subtext of Putin’s speech seemed to imply that before Russia’s full-scale invasion Prigozhin was operating on his own, and that everything that came before February 2022 was the work of a private entity unconnected to the Russian state.
—Time, 25 Aug. 2023
Why, for example, in a documentary set largely in Provincetown is the only acknowledgment of the gay community a two-minute glimpse of a shark-heavy musical revue that’s formally and tonally unconnected to anything else?
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2023
The four seemingly unconnected victims were each killed – but not robbed – while walking alone at night within a half-mile area, police said, leading to fears of a serial killer on the loose.
—Michelle Watson, CNN, 1 May 2023
Created by and starring Tim Robinson, the show consists of a series of largely unconnected, absurd standalone sketches, which often exaggerate an embarassing social situation to the extreme.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 27 Apr. 2023
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1736, in the meaning defined above
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