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irrelevant

/ɪˈɹɛləvənt/adjective4 syllables

Irrelevant means: having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue.

Synonyms for irrelevant24

adjective, as in having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

digressive, tangential, extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal, inapplicable, unsuitable, moot

also used for irrelevant

foreign, unrelated, unassociated, uncorrelated, random, stochastic, alien, unimportant, incidental, beside the mark, beside the point, irrelative, nongermane, nonpertinent, off-topic

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Opposites of irrelevant

relevant

What does irrelevant mean?1

adjective

1

having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue“an irrelevant comment”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with irrelevant?1

three syllables

relevant
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Irrelevant in a sentence

  • This newspaper's content is dry, sensationalist, and irrelevant.Amastan
  • My grandfather, being hard of hearing, often makes an irrelevant answer.unknown
  • When it comes to forming a couple, age is irrelevant.Nuel
  • If you think they hate you now, wait until you make them irrelevant.sacredceltic
  • Now that there's artificial intelligence, your intelligence is irrelevant.carlosalberto
  • If the economy is doing well and the people aren't, the economy is irrelevant.shekitten
  • My name and my birthplace are irrelevant, my friend.Ricardo14
  • She writes irrelevant posts, and offensive ones at that.Lepotdeterre

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