as in meaningless
not having anything to do with the matter at hand
irrelevant questions that merely disrupted the classroom lesson
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Recent Examples of irrelevant
The movie’s fealty to the source material, as called into question by many since the very casting of these two leads, is ultimately irrelevant.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2026
The glitch hit at a moment when Gen Z was already questioning how recommendation systems distort reality, serve irrelevant life‑stage content, and turn every feed into an infinite scroll of lowest‑common‑denominator virality.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
The putative intelligence chief was apparently irrelevant in the administration’s ouster of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but in the NBA, hope deferred makes a franchise irrelevant.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2026
The glitch hit at a moment when Gen Z was already questioning how recommendation systems distort reality, serve irrelevant life‑stage content, and turn every feed into an infinite scroll of lowest‑common‑denominator virality.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
The putative intelligence chief was apparently irrelevant in the administration’s ouster of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but in the NBA, hope deferred makes a franchise irrelevant.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrelevant
Adjective
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So, wins were not a meaningless line on the stat sheet in King Félix’s heyday — but the voters in this election seemed to have a different take.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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But for current and past dog parents, that sentiment is far from meaningless.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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To be clear, the cash component in the Mountain West and Pac-12 deals isn’t immaterial — certainly not in the era of revenue sharing and NIL.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Besides Davis, the other players involved in the deal are largely immaterial.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In 2023, the Supreme Court declared the bill inapplicable.—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Here are the kicking motion rules, which the NHL deemed inapplicable given their determination that Hellebuyck propelled the puck into his own net.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Individuals are much more price-sensitive and willing to forgo extraneous expenses when spending their own money.—
Chris Pope,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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No middle name, no hyphen, no extraneous vowels, three syllables played on a drum.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Homeowners and residents are baffled by the attacks upon their beautiful — but otherwise seemingly useless — plants.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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My deep cynicism thinks this was a diabolical plan to herd young people toward expensive, and somewhat useless, college degrees.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The dashboard may identify patients who may have started on a new medication that interacts with a DOAC, patients who have had a change in their kidney function or who have been prescribed an inappropriate dose.—
David Cox,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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Other emails from the latest crop of the Epstein files include other inappropriate comments about Beatrice and Eugenie.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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That your answer is not believed by these nosy, impertinent people is insulting.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
19 Dec. 2025
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Every player was given a number and slips of paper and wrote impertinent questions intended for each of the others.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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That principle is inapposite when a limited liability company has only one member.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The Supreme Court indeed raised Flood and explained the cases were, at best, inapposite.—
Marc Edelman,
Forbes,
21 June 2021
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“Irrelevant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrelevant. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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