unrelated

adjective

un·​re·​lat·​ed ˌən-ri-ˈlā-təd 

: not related: such as

a

: not connected by birth or family

They have the same last name but are unrelated.

b

: not connected in any way : discrete, separate

an unrelated incident

c

: not told

a previously unrelated tale

Examples of unrelated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gibson was arrested on March 1, 2023 by Riverside police in an unrelated incident and charged with tampering with a motor vehicle, among other things. —Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 20 July 2024

According to the state Constitution, legislative proposals must address a single issue to avoid bundling together multiple unrelated statutes that may not be approved on their own merits. —Silvia Solis, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2024

An unrelated Microsoft outage Thursday also caused problems. —Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 19 July 2024

This discrepancy served as the inspiration for Laura Lippman’s best-selling 2019 novel, Lady in the Lake, which dramatizes the two unrelated disappearances from the perspective of a fictional woman journalist. —Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above