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irrelevant
[ ih-rel-uh-vuhnt ]
adjective
- not relevant; not applicable or pertinent:
His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- Law. (of evidence) having no probative value upon any issue in the case.
irrelevant
/ ɪˈrɛləvənt /
adjective
- not relating or pertinent to the matter at hand; not important
Pronunciation Note
Derived Forms
- irˈrelevance, noun
- irˈrelevantly, adverb
Other Words From
- ir·rele·vant·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of irrelevant1
Example Sentences
The quandary of whether to freeze eggs or not could become irrelevant overnight.
That is decidedly not to say that politics and economics are irrelevant.
The added charge for access to hotel Wi-Fi is not only exploitative but increasingly irrelevant.
Nicki treats the obsession with her pop ambitions as an irrelevant, surface-level irritation.
Today many in the economics and urban planning professions consider such factors close to irrelevant.
Either they are unavoidable if your living questions are fully discussed, or they are irrelevant and they do not matter.
All the dull months he had spent with Cash and the burros dwarfed into a pointless, irrelevant incident of his life.
Without wasting time in irrelevant chat, the seconds walked apart for consultation.
Much competent evidence (to borrow from the lawyers) we must reject as irrelevant or immaterial to our main issue.
The mention by Hogarth of Ridley and Latimer they considered irrelevant; their fathers' heroic mood was a detail: not an entail.
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