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# unrelated

adjective (unrelated)

«unrelated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unrelated things have no link or connection with each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unrelated/#m1)
2. Unrelated people are not part of the same family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unrelated/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in science and maths to say two facts or numbers do not affect each other; in everyday talk to change topic («on an unrelated note»); in stories for strangers who look alike.

### Examples

- My headache is unrelated to the test; I just slept badly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unrelated/#x1)
- The two fires were unrelated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unrelated/#x2)
- Liam and Leo share a surname but are unrelated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unrelated/#x3)
- On an unrelated note, who wants pizza? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unrelated/#x4)
- Ignore the unrelated information in the word problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unrelated/#x5)
- The teacher said the question was unrelated to today's lesson. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unrelated/#x6)

### Note

Often followed by «to»: unrelated to something. In maths word problems, unrelated numbers are distractors: do not use them in the sum.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unrelated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unrelated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unrelated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unrelated.html) on Mova free.