Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not related, in any sense.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective not connected or associated
  • adjective not related by kinship

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

  • 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.

    CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2007 2007

  • He said somebody stitched together what he called unrelated threads and jumped to conclusions.

    CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2006 2006

  • Meanwhile in unrelated news MacDonalds say "Keep coming back for a Big Mac".

    Tuesday news 2009

  • 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?

    Rachel's last look around Roger Sutton 2009

  • Meanwhile in unrelated news MacDonalds say "Keep coming back for a Big Mac".

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • 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.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Cooking Bacon with a Machine Gun 2010

  • 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.

    Report Faults Nonprofits on Service Shelly Banjo 2010

  • Two soldiers died Saturday in unrelated incidents that were both evidently suicides.

    Fort Hood Suicides Hit Record Numbers Jeff Muskus 2010

  • 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.

    Psych Majors Aren't Happy With Options Joe Light 2010

  • Also, in unrelated news, I guess I'm allowed to talk about this now.

    Link salad for breakfast: sovay 2008

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