bear little relationship to/with
idiom
: to be very different from : to have no obvious connection to
Her earlier paintings bear little relationship to her later work.
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Because the system can generate novel proteins that bear little relationship to natural proteins and yet perform the same function, it could be used to find medicines that will be as effective as existing ones, but produce fewer side effects.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2023
But the current formulas still bear little relationship to companies’ bottom lines, the WSJ analysis found.
—Collin Eaton, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2023
But the current formulas still bear little relationship to companies’ bottom lines, the WSJ analysis found.
—Collin Eaton, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
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“Bear little relationship to/with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20little%20relationship%20to%2Fwith. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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