Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no alliance or connection by nature, marriage, or treaty: as, unallied families, nations, substances.
- Having no powerful ally or relation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not allied; having no ally; having no connection or relation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
allied to another team or party.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Between the vampires and the unallied demonarchies, a lifetime of war awaits.”
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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“Between the vampires and the unallied demonarchies, a lifetime of war awaits.”
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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"Deval has everyone out working for Obama," said one unallied political operative familiar with political operations in that state.
The Final Stretch 2008
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Putting Afghanistan to one side, three nations with governments unallied to the United States would be the targets - Iraq, Iran and Syria.
Anita Mason: Iranians Fear A McCain Presidency Would Bring War 2008
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More than once I would begin a new academic year both at school and university to find new relationships had suddenly formed between previously unallied acquaintances.
Archive 2006-07-01 Alistair Myles 2006
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More than once I would begin a new academic year both at school and university to find new relationships had suddenly formed between previously unallied acquaintances.
Year's end Alistair Myles 2006
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I don't have a dog in this fight, since my corp F13 and I are piddly little, unallied insignificants.
East of Even 2006
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While in their cradles, we planned the union: and now, at the moment when the wishes of both sisters would be accomplished in their marriage, to be prevented by a young woman of inferior birth, of no importance in the world, and wholly unallied to the family!
Pride and Prejudice 2004
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Yet some feelings, unallied to the dross of human nature,4 beat even in these rugged bosoms.
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004
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Yet some feelings, unallied to the dross of human nature,4 beat even in these rugged bosoms.
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004
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