Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unrelated

/ˌʌnɹɪlˈeɪtɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: un-re-lat-ed
IPA: /ˌʌnɹɪlˈeɪtɪd/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not connected or associated.

adj

Not related by kinship.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz."
"He had the same surname as me, but we were unrelated."

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.

Inflected Forms

more unrelated (comparative) most unrelated (superlative)

Derived Forms

unrelatedly unrelatedness

Synonyms

irrelate irrelated nonrelated

Antonyms

related

Rhymes With

related stated updated rated dated waited translated weighted underrated debated awaited overrated

Questions

How do you pronounce unrelated?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌnɹɪlˈeɪtɪd/.
What does unrelated mean?: Not connected or associated.
Where does unrelated come from?: 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.

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