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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Relevance
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Recent Examples of irrelevant
Suddenly, the president was saying that the financier — his former friend — was old news and irrelevant.
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2025
Hartford Athletic dominated possession, recorded 14 shots and drew four yellow cards from Tampa Bay on Wednesday night, but a late Rowdies goal rendered all of that irrelevant.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Yet in a calmer, less chaotic modern world, the Berners Street Hoax would by now be irrelevant.
—Daniel Seifert, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2025
The idea of playing football feels pretty irrelevant for everyone at Liverpool currently after the tragic death of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva in a road accident in Spain just over a week ago.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2025
Hartford Athletic dominated possession, recorded 14 shots and drew four yellow cards from Tampa Bay on Wednesday night, but a late Rowdies goal rendered all of that irrelevant.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Yet in a calmer, less chaotic modern world, the Berners Street Hoax would by now be irrelevant.
—Daniel Seifert, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2025
The idea of playing football feels pretty irrelevant for everyone at Liverpool currently after the tragic death of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva in a road accident in Spain just over a week ago.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrelevant
Adjective
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But the whole beauty and focus of local government is that issues like quality schools or the disaster at the Tijuana River Estuary transcend and sometimes make meaningless party labels.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 July 2025
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These include feeling emotionally numb or that life is meaningless; experiencing difficulty accepting the loss; and experiencing confusion over their own identity.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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An immaterial figure who lives where there is no light, his role is to kidnap children who are too noisy and disobedient to their parents' wishes.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
27 June 2025
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In 1726 the British Empire was already expanding in the name of trade, trading the immaterial language Swift wrote in for material goods.—
Joanna Walsh
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Thus, the commercial speech exclusion was inapplicable, the trial court had erred on that point, and the expressions of the Bucher Defendants were within the scope of the UPEPA's protections.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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To qualify, a company must pay union wages or, if union wages are inapplicable, at least the city's minimum wage, which is currently $20.80 per hour, Meyers said.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American-Statesman,
30 May 2024
Adjective
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MacDonough determined each item was in violation of a Senate rule that prohibits extraneous measures in bills like the one Trump wants on his desk for signature by July 4.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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Changes to Social Security are considered extraneous and not relevant in the reconciliation process.—
Thomas Hager,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Fertilizing before heavy rain is useless at best and harmful at worst.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 July 2025
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Followers are useless, but engaged customers and a devoted tribe of community members are priceless.—
Solo Ceesay,
Rolling Stone,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Once the encounter was posted online, internet sleuths quickly detected the identity of the duo, and the encounter was deemed particularly inappropriate given Byron is married.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Schneider has denied allegations of inappropriate behavior and toxicity on set.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
20 July 2025
Adjective
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Questions about the overheating of the American economy were brushed aside as impertinent.—
Arancha González Laya,
Foreign Affairs,
12 May 2025
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Telling you of her plan to do so is impertinent and picking a fight.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 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 4 Aug. 2025.
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