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unconnected

unconnected

1 5.0
Not related by birth or family ties
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.kəˈnɛk.tɪd/
translation icon : no relacionado
  • She lived an unconnected life, free from family obligations.

Examples

  • "I want an unconnected life," she tells him.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Nothing was posted on the BBC before we had a chance to speak to other scientists unconnected with the research.

    Blog text (32)
  • Though unconnected to the king, Wilkins played a vital role in the organization's formation.

    Blog text (11)
  • An added benefit for participants is that they are among peers who are unconnected to their family, which can feel liberating for the young people involved.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Police are still mystified by two apparently unconnected multiple murders that took place in Midtown Manhattan last night in the largest mass killing in New York City in eight years.

  • The group included many members who felt unconnected to their relatives and sought a sense of belonging.

  • He realized he was unconnected to the issues affecting his hometown after moving away.

Synonyms

unrelated
vsunconnected
10 3.5

Not members of the same family by birth or marriage

is about family relation specifically, not general nonconnection
unassociated
vsunconnected
1 4.9

Not connected or related to something else, like two separate events

is confined to family ties rather than any broad disconnection
nonfamily
vsunconnected
4.9

People not related to you by blood or marriage

is specific to family relationships rather than general connections
non-related
vsunconnected
3.5

Not connected to the main topic or activity

refers only to family relation rather than broad disconnection

Antonyms

2.3

Connected by topic or cause, like documents about the same event

2.5

In a close relationship with other people or groups

How Involved

culpable
26 7.5
concerned
773 3.5
involved
79 3.5
related
2.3
unconnected
1 5.0

Surface Forms

unconnected positive

Morphology

unconnected = connected (transparent) = un + connect + ed

Clear negation formed by productive prefix 'un-' attached to 'connected'; meaning is directly 'not connected'.

Etymology

Unconnected is made of un- 'not' and connect 'join', the same root you see in connection. So it describes people who are 'not joined' by family and are not related by birth.