Unrelated
adjective
Not connected or linked in any way.
Her words were unrelated to the conversation.
Often appears as...
- unrelated topics
- unrelated individuals
adjective
Not belonging to the same family, group or type.
They are unrelated species of plants.
Often appears as...
- unrelated species
- unrelated organisms
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Not connected or linked in any way.
Her words were unrelated to the conversation.
Often appears as...
- unrelated topics
- unrelated individuals
adjective
Not belonging to the same family, group or type.
They are unrelated species of plants.
Often appears as...
- unrelated species
- unrelated organisms
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Conversation Flow
Use 'unrelated' to signal a topic change that doesn't tie back to the ongoing discussion.
I know this is unrelated, but what are your plans for the weekend?
Pro Tip 2/3Clarifying Confusion
Use 'unrelated' to clarify that two things shouldn't be confused or mixed together.
The two studies are unrelated, so their results can't be compared.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoiding Assumptions
Point out with 'unrelated' when an assumption is incorrect because there's no link between topics.
Her absence is unrelated to the recent policy changes.
Pro Tip 1/3Conversation Flow
Use 'unrelated' to signal a topic change that doesn't tie back to the ongoing discussion.
I know this is unrelated, but what are your plans for the weekend?
Pro Tip 2/3Clarifying Confusion
Use 'unrelated' to clarify that two things shouldn't be confused or mixed together.
The two studies are unrelated, so their results can't be compared.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoiding Assumptions
Point out with 'unrelated' when an assumption is incorrect because there's no link between topics.
Her absence is unrelated to the recent policy changes.
Pro Tip 1/3Conversation Flow
Use 'unrelated' to signal a topic change that doesn't tie back to the ongoing discussion.
I know this is unrelated, but what are your plans for the weekend?
Pro Tip 2/3Clarifying Confusion
Use 'unrelated' to clarify that two things shouldn't be confused or mixed together.
The two studies are unrelated, so their results can't be compared.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoiding Assumptions
Point out with 'unrelated' when an assumption is incorrect because there's no link between topics.
Her absence is unrelated to the recent policy changes.
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Video examples
Why elephants never...
This is a great help when migrating or encountering other potentially hostile elephants. They also remember and distinguish particular cues that signal danger and can recall important locations long after their last visit. But it's the memories unrelated to survival that are the most fascinating.
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What hallucination...
She said that the hallucinations were unrelated to anything she was thinking or feeling or doing, that they seemed to come on by themselves, or disappear. She had no control over them. She said she didn't recognize any of the people or places
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Why do whales sing? -...
where learned behaviors are passed between unrelated individuals of the same species. We can eavesdrop on these songs using underwater microphones called hydrophones. These help us track species when sightings or genetic samples are rare.
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Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
harem of unrelated females and family members on any given day several groups may share the bye in peace but the equilibrium is fragile here and easily upset this morning a young solitary male is also on the scene he Swagger's in
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Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
harem of unrelated females and family members on any given day several groups may share the bye in peace but the equilibrium is fragile here and easily upset this morning a young solitary male is also on the scene he Swagger's in
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Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
harem of unrelated females and family members on any given day several groups may share the bye in peace but the equilibrium is fragile here and easily upset this morning a young solitary male is also on the scene he Swagger's in
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Why we love, why we...
aren't always connected to each other. You can feel deep attachment to a long-term partner while you feel intense romantic love for somebody else, while you feel the sex drive for people unrelated to these other partners.
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Ethical dilemma: The...
Your product is now sold in stores worldwide. But you’ve recently received awful three unrelated people in one city died after eating your burgers. The police concluded that a criminal targeted your brand,
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Elephants Take Care of...
cinnamons goodwill reaches well beyond her own herd remarkably she even allows unrelated orphans to tag along with her family what's more extraordinary is that she's
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What is your entrepreneur...
miss nale those that can see a seemingly unrelated constellation of things and find a constellation of meaning smarts is ultimately about pattern recognition
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Why elephants never...
This is a great help when migrating or encountering other potentially hostile elephants. They also remember and distinguish particular cues that signal danger and can recall important locations long after their last visit. But it's the memories unrelated to survival that are the most fascinating.
Video examples
What hallucination...
She said that the hallucinations were unrelated to anything she was thinking or feeling or doing, that they seemed to come on by themselves, or disappear. She had no control over them. She said she didn't recognize any of the people or places
Video examples
Why do whales sing? -...
where learned behaviors are passed between unrelated individuals of the same species. We can eavesdrop on these songs using underwater microphones called hydrophones. These help us track species when sightings or genetic samples are rare.
Video examples
Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
harem of unrelated females and family members on any given day several groups may share the bye in peace but the equilibrium is fragile here and easily upset this morning a young solitary male is also on the scene he Swagger's in
Video examples
Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
harem of unrelated females and family members on any given day several groups may share the bye in peace but the equilibrium is fragile here and easily upset this morning a young solitary male is also on the scene he Swagger's in
Video examples
Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
harem of unrelated females and family members on any given day several groups may share the bye in peace but the equilibrium is fragile here and easily upset this morning a young solitary male is also on the scene he Swagger's in
Video examples
Why we love, why we...
aren't always connected to each other. You can feel deep attachment to a long-term partner while you feel intense romantic love for somebody else, while you feel the sex drive for people unrelated to these other partners.
Video examples
Ethical dilemma: The...
Your product is now sold in stores worldwide. But you’ve recently received awful three unrelated people in one city died after eating your burgers. The police concluded that a criminal targeted your brand,
Video examples
Elephants Take Care of...
cinnamons goodwill reaches well beyond her own herd remarkably she even allows unrelated orphans to tag along with her family what's more extraordinary is that she's
Video examples
What is your entrepreneur...
miss nale those that can see a seemingly unrelated constellation of things and find a constellation of meaning smarts is ultimately about pattern recognition
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Michael Palin
British Comedian
People look for patterns in everything. It's what keeps us sane, I suppose. I struggle to see any patterns in my life. I think I can understand depression a bit because of my sister. My own feelings of... I'm aware that, if you feel down, it can be strangely unrelated to circumstances around you. That's just the way life is.
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Roberto Aguire
Mexican Actor
The great thing about NYU, and the reason I chose to go there, was the fact that they don't inhibit you as an actor and tell you, 'You only have to study acting. This is it for the rest of your life.' They're really great at balancing other things; you get to study two days a week anything you want unrelated to acting.
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Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
We live in a culture that is much happier talking about organic brain disease than about psychic illness because the former suggests that something that is physically wrong in a brain is wholly unrelated to that person's upbringing or experiences in the world, but that is not necessarily true.
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Konrad Lorenz
Austrian Scientist
Whenever we find, in two forms of life that are unrelated to each other, a similarity of form or of behaviour patterns which relates to more than a few minor details, we assume it to be caused by parallel adaptation to the same life-preserving function.
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Kenneth L. Pike
American Sociologist
Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective.
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Rei Kawakubo
Japanese Designer
As I live my normal life, I hope to find something that click starts a thought, and then something totally unrelated would arise, and then maybe a third unconnected element would come from nowhere.
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Lucy Hawking
English Journalist
I am a world expert on how to organise tasks in a senseless order, totally unrelated to priority, and thus create a massive panic leading up to an important deadline.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
Man is unable to see himself entirely unrelated to mankind, neither is he able to see mankind unrelated to life, nor life unrelated to the universe.
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Anne Tyler
American Novelist
For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood.
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Paul Eldridge
American Educator
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.
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Michael Palin
British Comedian
People look for patterns in everything. It's what keeps us sane, I suppose. I struggle to see any patterns in my life. I think I can understand depression a bit because of my sister. My own feelings of... I'm aware that, if you feel down, it can be strangely unrelated to circumstances around you. That's just the way life is.
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Roberto Aguire
Mexican Actor
The great thing about NYU, and the reason I chose to go there, was the fact that they don't inhibit you as an actor and tell you, 'You only have to study acting. This is it for the rest of your life.' They're really great at balancing other things; you get to study two days a week anything you want unrelated to acting.
Quote examples
Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
We live in a culture that is much happier talking about organic brain disease than about psychic illness because the former suggests that something that is physically wrong in a brain is wholly unrelated to that person's upbringing or experiences in the world, but that is not necessarily true.
Quote examples
Konrad Lorenz
Austrian Scientist
Whenever we find, in two forms of life that are unrelated to each other, a similarity of form or of behaviour patterns which relates to more than a few minor details, we assume it to be caused by parallel adaptation to the same life-preserving function.
Quote examples
Kenneth L. Pike
American Sociologist
Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective.
Quote examples
Rei Kawakubo
Japanese Designer
As I live my normal life, I hope to find something that click starts a thought, and then something totally unrelated would arise, and then maybe a third unconnected element would come from nowhere.
Quote examples
Lucy Hawking
English Journalist
I am a world expert on how to organise tasks in a senseless order, totally unrelated to priority, and thus create a massive panic leading up to an important deadline.
Quote examples
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
Man is unable to see himself entirely unrelated to mankind, neither is he able to see mankind unrelated to life, nor life unrelated to the universe.
Quote examples
Anne Tyler
American Novelist
For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood.
Quote examples
Paul Eldridge
American Educator
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.
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