adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:AH2 N R IH0 L EY1 T IH0 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:AH2 N R IY0 L EY1 T IH0 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Not connected or associated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The holiday started with two unrelated mishaps.
I was having lunch with Jim the other day, who's just had his first kid. Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, there's a new cinema opened up in town.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: irrelate, irrelated, nonrelated
Antonyms: related
2
adj
Meaning 2
Not related by kinship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He had the same surname as me, but we were unrelated.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: related
3
adjective
Meaning 3
not connected by kinship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: related
4
adjective
Meaning 4
lacking a logical or causal relation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: related
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English related English unrelated From un- + related.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
несвързан
(nesvǎrzan)
— not connected
Chinese Mandarin:
不相关的
— not connected
Danish:
uafhængig
— not connected
Danish:
uden sammenhæng
— not connected
Danish:
ubeslægtet
— not connected
Finnish:
asiaankuulumaton
— not connected
French:
sans rapport
— not connected
French:
sans lien
— not connected
French:
non lié
— not connected
German:
unabhängig
— not connected
German:
ohne Zusammenhang
— not connected
Irish:
neamhghaolmhar
— not connected
Italian:
non correlato
— not connected
Japanese:
関係がない
(kankei ga nai)
— not connected
Japanese:
関係ない
(kankei nai)
— not connected
Norwegian:
uavhengig
— not connected
Norwegian Bokmål:
uten sammenheng
— not connected
Norwegian Bokmål:
ubeslektet
— not connected
Old English:
unġesibb
— not connected
Polish:
niezwiązany
— not connected
Polish:
niepowiązany
— not connected
Portuguese:
não relacionado
— not connected
Spanish:
no relacionado
— not connected
Tocharian B:
aletstse
— not connected
Danish:
ubeslægtet
— not related by kinship
German:
nicht verwandt
— not related by kinship
Irish:
neamhghaolmhar
— not related by kinship
Middle English:
fremde
— not related by kinship
Norwegian Bokmål:
ikke i slekt
— not related by kinship
Norwegian Bokmål:
ubeslektet
— not related by kinship
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ikkje i slekt
— not related by kinship
