irrelevant

adjective

ir·rel·e·vant | \i-ˈre-lə-vənt

Definition of irrelevant

: not relevant : inapplicable that statement is irrelevant to your argument

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His comment is completely irrelevant. irrelevant questions that merely disrupted the classroom lesson

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Retaliatory tariffs piled upon tariffs will eventually make those rules irrelevant. — David Dayen, The New Republic, "The Inevitable Death of Global Trade As We Know It," 12 July 2018 Bringing all those barrels to market could take up to a year, and render OPEC agreements irrelevant. — Mohammed Sergie, Bloomberg.com, "Trump Tweets, Saudis Scramble: Here's How the U.S. Steers OPEC," 1 July 2018 Celebrities and the non-famous have abandoned the platform, and the ephemerality that had made the app popular is no longer a unique selling point, rendering Snapchat irrelevant and useless. — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, "The Last Place Where No One Is Looking: Embracing the End Times of Snapchat," 21 May 2018 But a replay showed that Sporting KC midfielder Roger Espinoza had toe-tapped the ball to Bunbury — rather than a New England pass setting up the goal— making the offside position irrelevant. — Sam Mcdowell, kansascity, "Sporting KC’s seven-match unbeaten streak ends on controversial goal in New England | The Kansas City Star," 28 Apr. 2018 Ahead of the 2019 session, House Republicans have agreed to select a speaker in the caucus and then vote as a bloc on the floor — a move that would make Democrats irrelevant in picking the chamber’s next leader. — Patrick Svitek, star-telegram, "Tan Parker is third Republican to file for Texas House Speaker | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 8 Mar. 2018 Huawei currently sells to consumers online, but the lack of carrier deals has made the company basically irrelevant in the US market. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "“Political pressure” reportedly kills Huawei/AT&T smartphone deal," 9 Jan. 2018 The reactions to the Tiger-Phil $10 million match can generally be split into two categories: about 80% expressed excitement, while the other 20% were people talking about how irrelevant this match is and how washed up both Tiger and Phil are. — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, "FORE Questions: Breaking Down the New PGA Tour Schedule," 12 July 2018 What’s striking, in the maybe-romance of these maybe-strangers, is that those questions are pretty much irrelevant to the story itself. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, "#PlaneBae and the Slow Death of Whimsy," 6 July 2018

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