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unaligned

unaligned

1 5.5
Not connected with or supporting any political group
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnəˈlaɪnd/
translation icon : no alineado
  • The number of items on the aligned and unaligned portions was 72 and 22, respectively.

Examples

  • And like that, that seems like in so far and in so far as wisdom and power become unaligned, I, I get more and more concerned.

  • Table 3 presents means and standard deviations of pre-, post-, and improvement scores for aligned and unaligned items for PALS and contrast groups.

    Academic text (2002)
  • On the unaligned items of Stanford, students in the two treatments grew comparable amounts:

    Academic text (2002)
  • The 94 items were subdivided into those aligned with PALS and those unaligned with PALS.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Its one fallacious assumption was that any population would prefer to be Justica rather than Independent or, evil above all by Justica standards, unaligned.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • A small, prosperous mining and soil engineering BM, respected and unaligned, Erzul had kept all of its contracts on Mars.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • This grouping of PALS-aligned and PALS-unaligned items permitted examination of the specificity of treatment effects.

    Academic text (2002)
  • "Eighteen hounds packed into the galley along with several unaligned mutineers, Pauli, the witch doctor, and two other organization associates, and not a sound.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Similar performance between PALS and no-PALS students on unaligned portions would suggest (a) that students in the two groups were, in fact, drawn from comparable populations and (b) PALS participation did not jeopardize the performance of no-PALS portions of the mathematics curriculum.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The conference included representatives from many unaligned countries, ensuring a diverse range of opinions.

Synonyms

neutral
vsunaligned
218 3.6

Not supporting either side in a conflict

is specific to political or international neutrality rather than general impartiality
unaffiliated
vsunaligned
15 6.6

Not officially connected to any group or organization

points to neutral international or political alignment rather than general nonassociation
uncommitted
vsunaligned
9 4.9

Not promised to a particular plan, person, or cause

means chosen neutrality in political alliances rather than simple indecision
uninvolved
vsunaligned
5 4.5

Not taking part in an activity or situation

denotes chosen political neutrality rather than passive nonparticipation
nonaligned
vsunaligned
1 6.7

Not part of any party or group and not supporting either side

is the same idea expressed as a general political neutral stance
unallied
vsunaligned
1 7.7

Not part of any group, country, or alliance

emphasizes active political neutrality rather than mere absence of ties
unpolitical
vsunaligned
1 6.1

Not interested in government or public life

is an active neutral stance in political alignments, not mere disinterest
unopinionated
vsunaligned
1 6.0

Not having strong opinions or showing them

refers to neutral political alignment rather than simply lacking opinion
nonadherent
vsunaligned
8.4

Not belonging to a particular religion or organization

focuses on neutral political position in alliances rather than broader nonmembership
nonpartizan
vsunaligned
  • US
6.8

Not supporting or connected to any political party

is broader, indicating neutral stance in international alliances not only party freedom
partyless
vsunaligned
5.8

Not a member of any political party

covers neutrality between alliances and sides, not only party absence
nonparty
vsunaligned
5.6

Not a member of any political party

relates to neutral alignment between sides rather than mere party nonmembership
unpolarized
vsunaligned
  • US
5.6

Not split into opposite groups with people holding many different views

focuses on deliberate political independence rather than low societal division

Antonyms

346 4.3

Joined with other groups to work together for a common purpose

1 4.6

Officially connected to a larger organization

How Aligned

allied
346 4.3
aligned
4.2
sympathetic
152 3.4
unaligned
1 5.5
opposed
1 3.5

Surface Forms

unaligned positive

Morphology

unaligned = aligned (transparent) = un + align + ed

The political sense 'not connected with or supporting any side' is a straightforward extension of 'aligned' meaning 'in agreement or allied', so adding 'un-' yields a clear negative meaning.

Etymology

Unaligned comes from the part un- meaning 'not' and align meaning 'to take a side or line up', so a country or person who is unaligned does not join any group and does not take sides.