unrelated

adjective

un·​re·​lat·​ed ˌən-ri-ˈlā-təd How to pronounce unrelated (audio)
: 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

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That unrelated item is now in production, and sells for $99.99. Ben Coxworth may 06, New Atlas, 6 May 2025 Back in January, Kerley was hit with a domestic violence charge in an unrelated incident from last year, after he was arrested following an altercation with police. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025 Planet Nine is unrelated to the Planet X concept, and rather put forward in 2016 by Michael Brown and Konstantin Batygin of the California Institute of Technology to explain an unusual bunching of orbits of some objects in the Kuiper Belt, such as Sedna. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 May 2025 The league said those are unrelated to the Ulbrich and Sanders incident. Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unrelated

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unrelated was in 1611

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“Unrelated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrelated. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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