independent

IPA: ɪndɪpˈɛndʌnt

A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
A neutral or uncommitted person.
A small, privately owned business.
(sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

Examples of "independent" in Sentences

■ Remember that the word "independent" sounds sweet, but can taste pretty sour.
A Money & Investing article on Wednesday mistakenly used the word independent instead of initial.
The camera and medical device maker says outside lawyers and accountants will be part of what it called an independent review.
Canada will remain independent from the United States to the extent it will be able to develop its inner resources in men, in ideas and in ideals.
It's a title independent analyst John Avlon gives to someone on the far right and the far left who he says is trying to divide us rather than unite us.
It's a title independent analyst John Avalon gives to someone on the far right and on the far left who he says is trying to divide us rather than unite us.
The Miami Herald doing what they described as their independent analysis of all of the votes, and they concluded that if there was a fair count, Al Gore would carry Florida by 23,000 votes.
The term 'independent journalist' here usually refers to reporters for a news source other than those owned by the state or political parties, though this does not necessarily mean they are free of outside interests.
The contract said that from the day we finished our album, Transcon had exactly one year to release our album in the United States or we would have the right to find ourselves a separate American label independent of Pearlman and Transcon.