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
With all due respect, in the case of hitting others, what triggers the hitting behavior is irrelevant.
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
Who wouldn’t want content that’s relevant to their unique interests instead of a mess of irrelevant junk?
—Andrew Luttrell, Time, 24 June 2025
What happened over the previous couple of hours in Indianapolis had already been deemed irrelevant.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
The most dangerous founders secretly fear becoming irrelevant in their own creation.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
Who wouldn’t want content that’s relevant to their unique interests instead of a mess of irrelevant junk?
—Andrew Luttrell, Time, 24 June 2025
What happened over the previous couple of hours in Indianapolis had already been deemed irrelevant.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
The most dangerous founders secretly fear becoming irrelevant in their own creation.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrelevant
Adjective
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The most likely candidates for an add would be the 2024 seventh-round pick Hanson or Driskell, but neither had an offensive snap last season outside of the team’s meaningless week 18 game against Denver.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2025
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Choose one, and land in a place that reduces the number of meaningless games for a conference that plays more Group of Five and FCS cupcakes than any other Power Four league.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
The Tennessean,
2 July 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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Outrageous videos of purple-haired teachers voicing deeply political and inappropriate content on social media often reach millions of people, creating the false impression that teachers are generally unhinged and want to use their perch to push a personal agenda.—
Carrie Lukas,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Last season, Horner also came under scrutiny during an investigation into inappropriate and controlling behavior towards a female employee.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
9 July 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 12 Jul. 2025.
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