as in irrelevant
not being a vital part of or belonging to something
he painted his landscapes for self-fulfillment, regarding financial rewards as supervenient to his reason for doing them
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervenient
Adjective
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For example, in learning contexts, adaptive forgetting, or the ability to let go of irrelevant information, can actually improve cognitive performance overall.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026 -
Trump’s detractors may dismiss these bonds as empty or irrelevant.—
Daniel Yudkin,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Common in the Ninth Circuit, the extrinsic test looks at comparison, context and, in a case like this, specific plot elements.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Jan. 2026
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Nonetheless, too many workplaces are organized around extrinsic rewards such as money, titles, team size, and proximity to power, which can spark effort in the short run but rarely sustain it.—
Jon Rosemberg,
Fortune,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Review focuses on fundamental safety aspects The review focuses on fundamental safety aspects such as design assumptions, fulfilment of key safety functions, defence-in-depth, protection against internal and external hazards, and emergency preparedness.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Jan. 2026
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The chip also lacks Thunderbolt support, so the new MacBook would likely be equipped with regular USB-C ports, with slower data transfer speeds and external display limitations.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Last season saw Mark further developing his skills with Cecil (Walton Goggins) and the Guardians of the Globe in preparation for an imminent collision with an alien invasion force of Viltrumites.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The oversharing Cynthia immediately passes this information on to her daughter, leading to a meet-cute in the laundry room that quickly escalates into Mary becoming, well, alien pregnant.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Despite the humor Stiller brings to all of his projects, the physical comedy was anything but accidental.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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This ambiguity is not accidental.—
Marc Schneier,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Supervenient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervenient. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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