as in pointlessly
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrelevantly
Adverb
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Don’t be pointlessly inscrutable.—
Kim Scott,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026 -
But Senate Democrats in recent months have perfected the strategy of pointlessly running this tactic into the ground.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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All the bad and all the good are gone, senselessly ripped away from them.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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Advertisement Rabbi Eli Schlanger was only 41-years-old when he was gunned down mercilessly, senselessly by terrorists.—
Nikki Goldstein,
Time,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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Hair becomes imperfectly perfect and air-dried, makeup gets lighter and more breathable, and nail appointments tend to prioritize practicality just as much as aesthetics.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
8 June 2026
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The sport that does more to restrain imbalance, however imperfectly, keeps tightening its grip on the national imagination.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
Adverb
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India’s waste management system relies heavily on informal collectors who remain inadequately compensated, leading to the creation of parallel streams in the waste economy.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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What many patients encounter instead is medical dismissal—a pattern of having symptoms minimized, deprioritized or inadequately investigated.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
12 May 2026
Adverb
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It’s been embarrassing watching both candidates smear each other as insufficiently MAGA.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
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Paxton pitched Cornyn as an insufficiently conservative senator and the anti-Trump candidate.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
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“Irrelevantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrelevantly. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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