1. not allied with or supporting any major power bloc or political group
Usage: political
2. not arranged in a straight line or proper position

Examples

• Many nonaligned countries refused to take sides during the Cold War.
• India was a leader of the nonaligned movement in the 1960s.
• The nonaligned nations formed their own coalition at the United Nations.
• Several African countries remained nonaligned after independence.
• The printer produced blurry text because the cartridges were nonaligned.
• The nonaligned wheels caused the car to pull to one side.