unaffiliated

From un- +‎ affiliate +‎ -ed.

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unaffiliated (not comparable)

1. Not affiliated, not associated.
   • 2012, Edward Masters, In Defense of Fraternity and Political Freedom, Morrisville, N.C.: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 2:

     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.

   • 2023 May 4, Frank Bruni, “Republicans Are Running Wild in My State”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 August 2023:

     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.

unaffiliated

1. simple past and past participle of unaffiliate

unaffiliated (plural unaffiliateds)

1. A person or organization having no affiliation.
   • 1967, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, Mutual Fund Legislation of 1967: Hearings, page 706:

     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.

   • 1968, Progressive Grocer's Marketing Guidebook, page 13:

     Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds.