unalliedadj.
/ˌʌnəˈlʌɪd/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈalʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌənəˈlaɪd/, /ˌənˈæˌlaɪd/ 1.
a. Not allied or related.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > non-relation > [adjective] > with, in, or to something
irrelative1640
unallied1663
unconnected1736
uninvolved1793
unimplicated1822
unimplicate1869
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. v. 290 The greater their experience,..the greater indisposition it would give them to credit so unallied a truth.
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 80 Extension and Cogitation are unallied in their ideas.
1852 M. Arnold Empedocles on Etna, & Other Poems ii. 359 Still Thought and Mind Will hurry us..Over the unallied unopening Earth.
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. iii. §56. 208 Year by year are established certain connexions among orders of phenomena that seem wholly unallied.
b. Const. to.
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1694 J. Collier Misc. iv. 49 'Tis a Principle..absolutely unallied to Reason and Good-nature.
1789 W. Cowper Annus Memorabilis 59 The eyes that never saw thee, shine With joy not unallied to thine.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor iv, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 99 She seemed to be an angel..unallied to the coarser mortals among whom she deigned to dwell for a season.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. iii. 280 He..regards with sublime pity, not unallied to contempt, all other diplomatic beings.
2. Having no ally or allies.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] > having no allies
unallieda1797
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) II. iv. 127 Unallied we could make no diversion to France.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 15 Apr. 5/3 Spain..enters upon the conflict unallied.
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