unassociatedadj.
/ˌʌnəˈsəʊʃɪeɪtᵻd/, /ˌʌnəˈsəʊsɪeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənəˈsoʊʃiˌeɪdᵻd/, /ˌənəˈsoʊsiˌeɪdᵻd/ (un- prefix1 2.)
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > not associated
unsociated1706
unassociated1709
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] > not associated with
unassociated1709
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > isolated
unassociate1545
insulate1712
insulated1728
islanded1801
isolate1819
unassociated1839
firewalled1988
1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. iv. 127 Even on the supposal that there was ever such a Condition or State of Men, when as yet they were unassociated, unacquainted.
1790 A. Hamilton in H. C. Syrett Papers (1962) VI. 503 The accommodation..of unassociated persons and families who may emigrate thither.
1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall x. 286 The manganese ores of North Devon are, however, unassociated with trappean rocks.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 17 Mar. 2/2 In this case the unassociated schools were better off than the associated.
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adj.1709