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unrelated
(ˌʌnrɪˈleɪtɪd)adj
1. not connected or associated: an unrelated incident.
2. not connected by kinship or marriage
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| Adj. | 1. | unrelated - lacking a logical or causal relation related, related to - being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics ; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces" |
| 2. |  unrelated - not connected by kinship related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage |
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unrelated
adjective
1. unconnected, different, dissimilar, unlike, not related Two of them died from entirely unrelated causes.
2. irrelevant, unconnected, extraneous, beside the point, inappropriate, inapplicable, unassociated, not germane Two other detectives have been suspended in an unrelated matter.
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unrelated
[ˌʌnrɪˈleɪtɪd] adj (= unconnected) [incidents, causes] → sans rapport (l'un(e) avec l'autre)
a series of unrelated incidents → une série d'incidents sans rapport les uns avec les autres
unrelated to sth → sans rapport avec qch
a series of unrelated incidents → une série d'incidents sans rapport les uns avec les autres
unrelated to sth → sans rapport avec qch
[people] → sans lien de parenté
to be unrelated → ne pas avoir de lien de parenté
unrelated to sb → sans lien de parenté avec qn
to be unrelated → ne pas avoir de lien de parenté
unrelated to sb → sans lien de parenté avec qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
unrelated
adj (= unconnected) → ohne Beziehung (to zu); (by family) → nicht verwandt; unrelated to reality → wirklichkeitsfremd; the two events are unrelated/are not unrelated → die beiden Ereignisse stehen in keinem Zusammenhang miteinander/sind nicht gänzlich ohne Zusammenhang; they are unrelated (to each other) (people) → sie sind nicht (miteinander) verwandt
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unrelated
[ˌʌnrɪˈleɪtɪd] adj unrelated (to) (unconnected) → senza nesso or rapporto (con); (by family) → non imparentato/a (con), senza legami di parentela (con)Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
unrelated
adj (not connected) no asociado; (not family) no emparentadoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.