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irrelative

American  
[ih-rel-uh-tiv] / ɪˈrɛl ə tɪv /

adjective

  1. not relative; without relation (usually followed byto ).

  2. not pertinent; irrelevant.


irrelative British  
/ ɪˈrɛlətɪv /

adjective

  1. unrelated

  2. a rare word for irrelevant

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Other Word Forms

  • irrelatively adverb
  • irrelativeness noun

Etymology

Origin of irrelative

First recorded in 1630–40; ir- 2 + relative

Example Sentences

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I am interested for example in learning that such a “personality” trait as fear of the dark exists irrelative to patterns of child-rearing in the Mato Grosso or in Denver, Colorado.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 25, 2019

Yes, but there was such a waste of time; p. 141all sorts of irrelative toasts obviously introduced merely for the purpose of affording mediocre aldermen and M.P.’s a chance of airing their vocabulary. 

From Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

The absolute, irrelative particle primarily created by the Volition of God, must have been in a condition of positive normality, or rightfulness—for wrongfulness implies relation.

From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Poe, Edgar A.

If they were candid men they would separate Christianity from all foreign and irrelative circumstances, and test its evidences seriously, as the magnitude of the question deserves.

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 10. October, 1880 by Walker, Aaron

The demonstrated constitution of the vertebrate endoskeleton as a series of essentially similar segments appeared to me to illustrate the law of irrelative repetition.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir