unrelated
Having no connection
Unrelated means having no connection or relationship.
Two unrelated events occur independently, without one causing or influencing the other: The power outage was unrelated to the storm.
Unrelated people share no family ties: Three unrelated families lived in the building.
The word often appears when distinguishing separate matters: On an unrelated note, have you seen my keys?
To set apart
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- standaloneComplete without attachments
- discreteIndividually separate, unconnected
- self-containedWhole without external parts
detached · isolated · unconnected · unaffiliated · unassociated · self-standing · nonaligned · freestanding
Unrelated to the matter
- off-topicUnrelated to discussion
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- inapplicableNot relevant to this
- extraneousNot pertinent or essential
tangential · peripheral · inconsequential · nonessential · incidental · neither here nor there · inapposite · moot
Not similar to
- unalikeNot the same
- differentNot the same
- disparateEssentially different in kind
- distinctClearly distinguishable, separate
heterogeneous · varied · diverse · nonidentical · mismatched · incompatible · incongruent · contrasting
Based on personal whim
- coincidentalOccurring together by luck
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- accidentalOccurring by chance
- haphazardLacking organization or plan
fortuitous · serendipitous · incidental · stochastic · aleatory · by chance · fluke · uncorrelated
separate
To set apart
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- standaloneComplete without attachments
- discreteIndividually separate, unconnected
self-contained · detached · isolated · unconnected · unaffiliated · unassociated · self-standing · nonaligned · freestanding · compartmentalized
beside the point
Unrelated to the matter
- off-topicUnrelated to discussion
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- inapplicableNot relevant to this
extraneous · tangential · peripheral · inconsequential · nonessential · incidental · neither here nor there · inapposite · moot · inessential
unlike
Not similar to
distinct · heterogeneous · varied · diverse · nonidentical · mismatched · incompatible · incongruent · contrasting · divergent
arbitrary
Based on personal whim
- coincidentalOccurring together by luck
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- accidentalOccurring by chance
haphazard · fortuitous · serendipitous · incidental · stochastic · aleatory · by chance · fluke · uncorrelated · unconnected
- nonessentialunnecessary, unneeded, nonessential, inessential, dispensable
- expressions of disassociationnot my problem, none of my business, count me out, leave me out, not affiliated
- unevenuneven, irregular, unequal, nonuniform, asymmetric
unrelatedrelated
Connected by blood or nature
connected · linked · associated · affiliated · interconnected