Blue-eyed cats are deaf because those at first sight unrelated characters share an embryonic pathway.
Despite the economic problems and some unrelated political problems of the 1960s, the country remained a relatively prosperous one.
Eighty unrelated controls, 61 patients with gastric ulcer, and 57 patients with duodenal ulcer were studied.
Father even allows quite unrelated youngsters to join the family group if they will take on some of the work of baby-carrying.
Many consultancies welcome work experience in a field unrelated to public relations.
She is also remembered because she was painted by Velázquez, although this is not unrelated to the family tree.
The technique is really one of creating harmony in two separate and unrelated layers.
These 2500 season seats will offer those possessing them the option to hold the same seat for unrelated events.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatornot connected with something or someone►not connected/not related
· The two diseases seem similar, but they are not related in any way.not connected/not related with· The group is not connected with any political party.
►unrelated/unconnected
formal not connected in any way: · The two robberies are said to be unconnected.unrelated to something/unconnected with something: · A spokesperson claimed that Hoyle's dismissal was completely unrelated to his recent criticism of the club.
►have no connection with
especially written to not be connected with something in any way: · His comment had absolutely no connection with what we were talking about.
►be/have nothing to do with
to not be connected with something or someone in any way: · Those boxes are nothing to do with me. Sally left them there.· Your age has nothing to do with your ability to do the job.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►seemingly unrelated
(=not seeming to be connected or related at all)· The police were investigating three seemingly unrelated murders.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB►apparently
· There was no clear policy on this matter, only a series of apparently unrelated initiatives.
►completely
· There are leaders and opinion makers on the staff whose power of influence is completely unrelated to their official status.· In fact, many of the non-anti-social symptoms in childhood seemed completely unrelated to adult psychiatric status.
►quite
· Father even allows quite unrelated youngsters to join the family group if they will take on some of the work of baby-carrying.· The signalling properties of the polarizing region are now known to be quite unrelated to cell death which is a separate process.· For both of them the landscape in which they now stood was quite unrelated to any of this.· But in many cases the castle is quite unrelated to other castles.· I had another reason as well, though quite unrelated to painting.· The other appeared quite unrelated to it.· Fortunately another quite unrelated series of compounds was found to alleviate depression.· Deflection eye-spots are found in a wide variety of quite unrelated species.
►seemingly
· Changes to any part of the system may make it necessary to change other seemingly unrelated components.· Three seemingly unrelated items came together in a way...
►totally
· The nature of an object can not be established through a means of knowledge totally unrelated to it.· Some relate this to the security of a university appointment, with career steps usually totally unrelated to research achievement.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounrelationrelationsrelationshiprelativeadjectiverelated ≠ unrelatedrelativeverbrelateadverbrelatively
1two things that are unrelated are not connected to each other in any way: The police think that the two incidents are unrelated.unrelated to His illness is unrelated to the accident.2people who are unrelated are not from the same family