unrelated

«unrelated» in Mova's school dictionary: Unrelated things have no link or connection with each other — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (unrelated)

meaning for a pupil

1) Unrelated things have no link or connection with each other. tree →

2) Unrelated people are not part of the same family. tree →

sense 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 →
• The two fires were unrelated. tree →
• Liam and Leo share a surname but are unrelated. tree →
• On an unrelated note, who wants pizza? tree →
• Ignore the unrelated information in the word problem. tree →
• The teacher said the question was unrelated to today's lesson. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unrelated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.