irrelevant

adjective

ir·​rel·​e·​vant i-ˈre-lə-vənt 

: not relevant : inapplicable

that statement is irrelevant to your argument

irrelevantly adverb

Synonyms of irrelevant

• meaningless
• immaterial
• inapplicable
• extraneous
• useless
• inappropriate
• impertinent
• beside the point
• inapposite
• irrelative

Examples of irrelevant in a Sentence

His comment is completely irrelevant.

irrelevant questions that merely disrupted the classroom lesson

Recent Examples on the Web

Supporters flocked there, the club went on to sign Shearer for a world-record fee and, suddenly, potential was irrelevant. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Campaigns designed for precision and scale can collapse into concentrated, and often irrelevant, content environments. — Vikrant Mathur, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

But the levels of marination proved unpredictable, sometimes threatening to render the cut and provenance of the meat irrelevant. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

The Fed under former Chair Jerome Powell considered information about the money supply to be essentially irrelevant to inflation, but Warsh disagrees. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 15 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for irrelevant

• relevant

Kids Definition

irrelevant

adjective

ir·​rel·​e·​vant (ˈ)ir-ˈ(r)el-ə-vənt 

: not relevant : not applicable or pertinent

the evidence presented was judged irrelevant to the case

irrelevance

-vən(t)s

noun

or irrelevancy

-vən-sē

irrelevantly adverb

Legal Definition

irrelevant

adjective

ir·​rel·​e·​vant ir-ˈre-lə-vənt 

: not relevant : not applicable or pertinent

irrelevant allegations

irrelevant evidence

compare immaterial

irrelevantly adverb