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
The White House dismissed concerns about Project 2025, calling them irrelevant theories from Beltway insiders.
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Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 19 Jan. 2026
Torre is under no obligation to share additional material, some of which might be irrelevant, duplicative, or disruptive of storytelling.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2026
But Carpionato’s proposal was filed under Connecticut’s 8-30g law, which gives affordable housing developers a powerful advantage by making many zoning standards irrelevant to their applications.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2026
To lose our grip on what matters and what’s irrelevant.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
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Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 19 Jan. 2026
Torre is under no obligation to share additional material, some of which might be irrelevant, duplicative, or disruptive of storytelling.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2026
But Carpionato’s proposal was filed under Connecticut’s 8-30g law, which gives affordable housing developers a powerful advantage by making many zoning standards irrelevant to their applications.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2026
To lose our grip on what matters and what’s irrelevant.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for irrelevant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrelevant
Adjective
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His 2010 Cy Young victory despite a 13-12 record marked a turning point where win-loss record went from being the most important pitcher stat to one that’s borderline meaningless.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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Dismissing such conflicts as a grotesque but meaningless assemblage of scandals—the love child of Teapot Dome and Watergate—would be a mistake.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The fact that Arkansas legislators raised objections to the appointment is immaterial.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
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Fishback dismissed criticisms that his campaign was immaterial beyond social media, pointing to his recent events at gas stations, Waffle House and college campuses across Florida.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In 2023, the Supreme Court declared the bill inapplicable.—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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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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No middle name, no hyphen, no extraneous vowels, three syllables played on a drum.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2026
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Since both of those earlier years were influenced by a strong El Niño event, this one will have the dubious distinction of being the hottest without such an extraneous force.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Brown’s statement on Monday was mostly useless corporate-speak.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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This tiny amount of copper acts as a molecular steering wheel, preventing sugar molecules from shattering into useless carbon dioxide.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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There are significant worries that AI can readily go off the rails or otherwise dispense unsuitable or even egregiously inappropriate mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In April 2025, a tipster submitted an online report alleging an inappropriate relationship between Gilkey-Meisegeier and the student.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That your answer is not believed by these nosy, impertinent people is insulting.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
19 Dec. 2025
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Every player was given a number and slips of paper and wrote impertinent questions intended for each of the others.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 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 31 Jan. 2026.
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