irrelevant

irrelevant

adjective

Definition of IRRELEVANT

not having anything to do with the matter at hand <irrelevant questions that merely disrupted the classroom lesson>

Synonyms extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, irrelative

Related Words incidental, peripheral, tangent, tangential; dead, moot; inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant; empty, inane, meaningless, pointless, senseless, useless; inappropriate, inapt, unsuitable

Phrases beside the point, neither here nor there

Near Antonyms important, meaningful, significant; sensible, useful; appropriate, apt, fit, suitable

Antonyms applicable, apposite, apropos, germane, material, pertinent, pointed, relative, relevant