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unaffiliated

unaffiliated adjective: not affiliated, not associated. Also the simple past and past participle of unaffiliate.

Adjective

unaffiliated (not comparable)

  1. Not affiliated, not associated.
    • But politically correct universities and colleges, overrun by SJW liberals and angry geeds (read uninitiated and unaffiliated members of the university who have no wish to join Greek life or support it whatsoever) want to destroy the Greek system.2012, Edward Masters, In Defense of Fraternity and Political Freedom, Morrisville, N.C.: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 2
    • This is not a land of blowouts. It’s a middle ground, and that’s reflected in voter registration rolls. Nearly 2.6 million North Carolinians declare themselves unaffiliated, while just over 2.4 million identify as Democrats and just under 2.2 million as Republicans. We don’t tilt. We teeter.2023 May 4, Frank Bruni, “Republicans Are Running Wild in My State”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023

Noun

unaffiliated (plural unaffiliateds)

  1. A person or organization having no affiliation.
    • These unaffiliated (or independent) directors are, supposedly, the purifying factor against the contamination of the Managing Group's duality. The unaffiliateds are, in short, the Fund's watchdogs.1967, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, Mutual Fund Legislation of 1967: Hearings, page 706
    • Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds.1968, Progressive Grocer's Marketing Guidebook, page 13

Also used as

unaffiliated is also the simple past and past participle of unaffiliate.

Forms of unaffiliated

pluralunaffiliateds

Origin of unaffiliated

From un- + affiliate + -ed.

Questions about unaffiliated

What does unaffiliated mean?
Unaffiliated means not affiliated, not associated.
What part of speech is unaffiliated?
Unaffiliated can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near unaffiliated in the dictionary

  1. unaffections
  2. unaffects
  3. unaffianced
  4. unaffied
  5. unaffiliate
  6. unaffiliated
  7. unaffiliateds
  8. unaffiliates
  9. unaffiliating
  10. unaffiliation
  11. unaffiliative

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