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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Recent Examples of irrelevant
Though off the air for a decade and culturally irrelevant for longer, the series surged in popularity thanks to the long tail.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
For sprinters, fuel efficiency is basically irrelevant.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 12 June 2025
This is the myth of convergence, fueling concerns that AI will flatten the field, that strategy becomes irrelevant when everyone has access to the same intelligence.
—Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
But freshness can be irrelevant at the box office for these ventures.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for irrelevant
Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
For sprinters, fuel efficiency is basically irrelevant.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 12 June 2025
This is the myth of convergence, fueling concerns that AI will flatten the field, that strategy becomes irrelevant when everyone has access to the same intelligence.
—Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
But freshness can be irrelevant at the box office for these ventures.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for irrelevant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrelevant
Adjective
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The Americans face Haiti in a meaningless group-stage match Sunday before awaiting their yet-unknown quarters foe. 6.—
Greg Cote
June 22,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2025
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If the packaging is inaccessible, the exemption is meaningless.—
Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Emotion as Added Value One recurring and essential cog that keeps the watch business ticking remains immaterial: emotion.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2025
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One’s major is immaterial, particularly in an economy as dynamic as ours.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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Here are the kicking motion rules, which the NHL deemed inapplicable given their determination that Hellebuyck propelled the puck into his own net.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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That allows the bill to pass with only GOP support in a Senate with 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats, but under reconciliation every aspect of the bill must meet strict criteria that prohibit extraneous provisions that don't directly impact the federal budget.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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In Albertus’s account, population growth appears as a largely extraneous trigger for the Great Reshuffle, requiring little explanation.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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The price signals are useless because the government prohibited them from being useful.—
The Editors,
National Review,
30 June 2025
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The devices must also give consumers the option of deactivating such features, unless that action would render the device useless.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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There was always an inappropriate something happening.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2025
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The banning of a Chicago White Sox fan from Rate Field for inappropriate heckling of Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte was a good first step, writes Paul Sullivan.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 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 7 Jul. 2025.
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