unlinkedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈlɪŋ(k)t/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɪŋ(k)t/ Not linked, joined, or connected.
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frenne1556
unlinked1587
untouching1602
positive1609
unrespectless1614
unrelating1655
inconnexive1660
unaccessory1664
unconcerned1668
extraneous1671
unrelative1700
unkindred1701
unrelated1701
unconnected1745
irrelate1845
unrelational1863
unakin1864
inconsequent1869
relationless1878
irrelated1886
disrelated1893
1587 F. Clement Petie Schole 58 In this copy..both the lincked & vnlincked [letters] are all (being in one worde) of equall distance one from an other.
1681 W. Denton Jus Cæsaris 97 Very disjointed and unlinckt consequences, very far fetcht, consequences as incoherent as are Churton Sands.
1761 Gratulatio Academiæ Cantabrigiensis sig. D2v True joys of love none but chaste bosoms know, The bliss unlink'd with Shame, and unpursu'd by Woe.
1779 W. Mason Eng. Garden iii. 25 A stiff and unlink'd chain Of flat canals.
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab vi. 81 Whilst, to the eye of shipwrecked mariner,..All seems unlinked contingency and chance.
a1857 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. viii. ii. 37 So his life is a series of starts; his actions..unlinked, unharmonized.
1932 E. Kruisinga Handbk. Present-day Eng. (ed. 5) II. iii. 235 The members of a loose group may be connected by other words or not... We distinguish linked groups and unlinked groups.
2016 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Feb. Sky One's comedy drama starts by introducing us to a group of seemingly unlinked characters from across the globe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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