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
This lineup was constructed to make the other question marks on the roster irrelevant.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Chinese officials said the new rates effectively render U.S. goods uncompetitive — and that any further tariff increases from Washington would be treated as economically irrelevant.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2025
Challenges of working with bio-signals Finding relationships between bio-signals and disorders can be difficult because of noise, or irrelevant data, differences between people’s bio-signals, and because the relationship between a bio-signal and disorder may not be clear.
—Eloy Geenjaar, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
They’re beautifully designed and thoroughly approved—but quickly irrelevant.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Chinese officials said the new rates effectively render U.S. goods uncompetitive — and that any further tariff increases from Washington would be treated as economically irrelevant.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2025
Challenges of working with bio-signals Finding relationships between bio-signals and disorders can be difficult because of noise, or irrelevant data, differences between people’s bio-signals, and because the relationship between a bio-signal and disorder may not be clear.
—Eloy Geenjaar, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
They’re beautifully designed and thoroughly approved—but quickly irrelevant.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrelevant
Adjective
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And the testing is meaningless unless people are also being connected to treatment as quickly as possible.—
Jennifer Lotito,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Shaking your fist at the fools who started the First World War and condemned millions to a meaningless death seems jejune; historians teach us to say that the generals did their best under impossible conditions.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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So, how can the immaterial affect the material?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
12 Apr. 2025
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The orchestra produces a ravishment of sound both immaterial and downright tactile.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Researching feels incomprehensible or inapplicable, especially as a business owner.—
Bree Manay,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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That was the site of its preseason test days, although that event was held in unseasonably cold weather, which means much of what the teams learned then may be inapplicable this coming weekend.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Are they considered a worthy consultant or an extraneous one?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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Which passport wallets are best? Passport wallets have long been viewed as somewhat of an extraneous travel accessory for years, but are steadily rising in their popularity among frequent flyers and travelers.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Once the borer has entered the stem, insecticides are useless.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2025
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Though small, the defect made the telescope mostly useless to astronomers.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That’s as the league continues its investigation of longtime Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, who was accused of inappropriate behavior by 16 massage therapists as part of an investigation by The Baltimore Banner.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Herro was asked this as well: Is the type of the comment that Garland made inappropriate for a player to say about another player?—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There this brilliant but bewildered scientist gets cornered by a plutocrat with impertinent questions.—
Alan Scherstuhl,
Scientific American,
15 Oct. 2024
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This should be said with a beatific bridal smile — the sincerity of which Miss Manners hopes your guests will be questioning for the rest of their rude and impertinent lives.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
4 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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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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Then there is Beinart’s inapposite comparison between this president’s rhetoric on these themes and the rhetoric of President George W. Bush.—
Daniel Foster,
The Atlantic,
10 July 2017
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“Irrelevant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrelevant. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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