How to Use uninvolved in a Sentence

uninvolved

adjective
  • The couple overpowered the two guards, tied them up and put them in the back of the van with a third uninvolved prisoner.
    CBS News, 2 Sep. 2019
  • The other person in the uninvolved car was not taken to the hospital.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The cashier pulled out a handgun and a shot was fired, hitting another customer uninvolved in the dispute in the chest.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Aziz said the uninvolved driver was injured in the crash and later died.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
  • Duran, 43, and the uninvolved motorist, who has not been identified, died as a result of the crash.
    Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Everyone from league observers to bloggers for uninvolved teams seems to fans love this trade for the Wings and the contract for Nedeljkovic.
    Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2021
  • The bill gives the state’s chief judge the authority to issue rules on how the hearing before an uninvolved judge is held.
    oregonlive, 21 June 2023
  • The recipients of the emails felt confused, bossed around and uninvolved.
    Janine Schindler, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • An uninvolved 36-year-old man chatting on the phone nearby was also hit when the stray bullet grazed his knee.
    Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
  • Newson-Cole was scoreless in the third quarter but far from uninvolved.
    Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Research has found that kids with uninvolved parents have the worst outcomes.
    Lauren Pardee, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Students uninvolved in the protest are making their way to classes and expressing shock and surprise by the scene.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2024
  • Even if some of the strikes were precise, others destroyed the homes of uninvolved Palestinians.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
  • The uninvolved, hesitant version of Dubois is what the Kings have seen too often this season.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Sometimes social media users' hate speech grew to encompass groups that were uninvolved in the real world events of the time.
    Ana Faguy, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • One person was believed to be the target and the other may have been an uninvolved bystander, Contee said.
    NBC News, 22 July 2021
  • When things get tough, everyone can use the opinion of an uninvolved third party.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Sigal Samuel One thing that struck me was just how uninvolved the human decision-makers seem to be.
    Sigal Samuel, Vox, 8 May 2024
  • One of the shots hit an uninvolved man who was watering his front lawn, according to police.
    oregonlive, 12 June 2021
  • Police sources told Fox News the children were not with the victim at the time and were completely uninvolved with either party.
    Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 19 June 2021
  • There hasn’t been a need to overdo it with spread pick-and-roll with Curry and a big man, which can inherently cause teammates to feel uninvolved.
    Shane Young, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Bubar supports Bass but is uninvolved with either candidate in the race.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2022
  • This was witnessed by an uninvolved third party, who attempted to break up the fight by threatening the 61-year-old with a hammer.
    Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The employee did not know the phone had been misused and was found to be uninvolved in the threat, according to a police account released Monday.
    Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2022
  • But uninvolved civilians have also been caught up in the violence.
    Hadas Gold and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Many creators uninvolved with the conflict have offered commentary on the events.
    Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Those researchers and others uninvolved in the study say the data is far too thin and the sampling area too small — and not even correct — to support such a sweeping conclusion.
    Lynda V. Mapes, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Police said the suspect vehicle then struck an uninvolved vehicle and drove away from the scene of the collision.
    Fox News, 29 June 2021
  • But residents in Gaza said homes of people uninvolved in fighting also had been struck.
    Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 13 May 2023
  • An uninvolved motorist had pulled up nearby and started yelling for the officers.
    Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2020

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