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

Taken into custody in an unrelated incident Friday in Atherton, the teens were also arrested on suspicion of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

Less than a week after our Zoom conversation with Knapp, an unrelated Good Good collab went viral for all of the wrong reasons. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

Somewhere in South Carolina, a child too young for a second dose of the measles vaccine contracted the virus from someone whose parents had decided, for reasons unrelated to medicine, that vaccination was optional. — A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026

Matthew Friend, Nike’s outgoing chief financial officer, told Wall Street that the company faces several headwinds unrelated to consumer demand or price sensitivity, including evolving tariff policies and geopolitical disruption in the Middle East. — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unrelated

• abdicated
• abrogated
• acclimated
• activated
• actuated
• adumbrated
• advocated
• aggravated
• aggregated
• agitated
• allocated
• alternated