unaffiliated
/ənəfˈɪliˌeɪtɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not affiliated, not associated.
verb
noun
A person or organization having no affiliation.
Example Sentences
- "But politically correct universities and colleges, overrun by SJW liberals and angry geeds (read uninitiated and unaffiliated members of the university who have no wish to join Greek life or support it whatsoever) want to destroy the Greek system."
- "This is not a land of blowouts. It’s a middle ground, and that’s reflected in voter registration rolls. Nearly 2.6 million North Carolinians declare themselves unaffiliated, while just over 2.4 million identify as Democrats and just under 2.2 million as Republicans. We don’t tilt. We teeter."
- "These unaffiliated (or independent) directors are, supposedly, the purifying factor against the contamination of the Managing Group's duality. The unaffiliateds are, in short, the Fund's watchdogs."
- "Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds."
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 affiliate Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English unaffiliated From un- + affiliate + -ed.