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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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervenient
Adjective
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Nearly half of teachers believe that the professional development courses offered or demanded by their schools are largely irrelevant.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025 -
The future of sales is about asking the questions that make your competitors' answers irrelevant.—
B.D. Dalton,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As Spell-Hansson notes in her research publication, organizational leaders can be aware of the interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic barriers and opportunities and be strategic in crafting workplace cultures that will be welcoming to all potential employees.—
Susan Madsen,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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The most common causes of extrinsic stains are coffee, tea, red wine, colas, and smoking.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Deep scaling is often more cost-effective than geographic expansion, leaving more cash for reinvestment rather than requiring external funding.—
Tima Bansal,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Earlier in 2025, Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry warned that the country was looking at the possibility of zero growth this year, in light of external pressures on its trade-dependent economy.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Set to a haunting score by the director’s brother Giorgi, this melancholic mystery presents Georgia’s open plains and mountain regions in alien, oneiric contexts.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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Gamers will be able to play as a Vault Hunter on a mission to kill the alien Vaults in Borderlands 4 or complete puzzles and confront monsters to survive Silent Hill f.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Their cause and manner of death were determined to be accidental drowning.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Two of those cases of severe harassment ended in the deaths of CDCR correctional staff, one by suicide and the other by accidental fentanyl intoxication.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Supervenient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervenient. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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