unallied

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not joined to another party by a political or military alliance

   The unallied state tried to remain neutral as the regional conflict widened.

2. 2
   adj

   not related, connected, associated, or similar

   Her concern was unallied with personal ambition and arose solely from principle.

Formed from un- ('not') + allied. Allied is the past participle of ally, which entered English through Old French alier from Latin alligare, 'bind to,' a compound of ad- ('to') and ligare ('bind'). The word therefore literally describes what has not been bound into an association.

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