Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not related, in any sense.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not
connected orassociated - adjective not
related bykinship
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking a logical or causal relation
- adjective not connected by kinship
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Examples
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And the president, first of all, objects to the fact that -- and he mentioned this in his radio address Saturday -- that there is funding for what he calls unrelated programs in this bill.
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He said somebody stitched together what he called unrelated threads and jumped to conclusions.
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Meanwhile in unrelated news MacDonalds say "Keep coming back for a Big Mac".
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Anonymous said ... thanks for the clarification - a relief to know! and totally unrelated: who makes up the code words - Phomma etc? they sound too much like real words - maybe esperanto?
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Meanwhile in unrelated news MacDonalds say "Keep coming back for a Big Mac".
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As an aside, and somewhat unrelated from the original topic, this helps to point out the silliness of one of the provisions common in “assault weapons” bans.
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The report found that organizations that engage in unrelated business activities, often called social enterprise programs, are more likely to run less efficient shops than their peers.
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Two soldiers died Saturday in unrelated incidents that were both evidently suicides.
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Ms. Seidman said that the least satisfied career changers she works with tend to be those who fell into general majors, such as philosophy or African-American studies, and ended up in unrelated fields.
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Also, in unrelated news, I guess I'm allowed to talk about this now.
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