How to Use unrelated in a Sentence

unrelated

adjective
  • This break was unrelated to the break in the 54-inch line.
    — cleveland, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The 52-year-old has been in jail since Dec. 10 on an unrelated case.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Jan. 2022
  • The zoo was closed on Sunday, but Zoosiana said this was due to weather and was unrelated to the theft.
    — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Further, the photo used in the claim is unrelated to the 2011 conflict in Libya.
    — Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Officials have said the charges are unrelated to the death of Spc.
    — CBS News, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The city’s case is unrelated to the unpaid sales taxes to the county.
    — al, 15 Sep. 2022
  • But the clip in the social media posts is unrelated to those events.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
  • At the time the charges were revealed, Mas'ud was in Libyan custody in an unrelated case.
    — Tim Starks, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022
  • People are on the ground doing the work who are unrelated to the campaign.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The agency has said the outage was unrelated to staff turnover.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Democrats are not the only group saying the two are unrelated.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Three sources said the breakup was unrelated to the appointment.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Hunter said the squirrel trapping is unrelated to the project.
    — al, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Blankenship countered that the amount of money the board has and the rates customers pay are unrelated.
    — Heather Gann | [email protected], al, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Sources told the outlet that the ending of The Flash is unrelated to its forthcoming film.
    — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • But the source with knowledge of the situation said the O’Donnell news was unrelated to the merger.
    — Jeremy Barr, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
  • Metro officials at the time said the issue was unrelated to the defect in the 7000 series.
    — Justin George, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The league said those are unrelated to the Ulbrich and Sanders incident.
    — Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The cause of death was unrelated to his mental health problems.
    — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • And in one batch, the young were totally unrelated to the fish that was carrying them.
    — New York Times, 3 May 2022
  • The financial settlement over his jail time is unrelated to the events on the K Street Mall.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • He was already being held at the county jail on unrelated charges when the phone was searched.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The funds cannot be used on luxury items or bills unrelated to food.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The statement confirmed that the shipwreck was unrelated to the series.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The shooting was unrelated to the ongoing protests, the chief told the Akron Beacon Journal.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 July 2022
  • About six months after the shooting, Rean and Jones were housed in the same jail unit in Portland on unrelated charges.
    — oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2022
  • But, the charges lodged against Mosby thus far are unrelated to her campaign or her work in office.
    — Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The reasons are unclear but are thought to be unrelated to the helium leaks.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 26 June 2024
  • One of the teens was already in juvenile custody for an unrelated arrest when he was booked in connection with the carjacking March 25, and another teen was arrested March 27.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
  • On Wednesday, numerous X users posted screenshots of answers that Grok wrote on the topic despite being asked about completely unrelated matters such as baseball salaries and cartoons.
    — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 16 May 2025

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