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
On those arguments, Reyes found the DOJ’s citations to be either irrelevant or misinterpreted.
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Samantha Riedel, Them, 20 Mar. 2025
But that’s an artifact of high infant mortality rates in that era, and completely irrelevant to the fiscal health or purpose of Social Security.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
These changes in the global distribution of economic power and military technology do not mean that U.S. allies are irrelevant.
—Stephen Peter Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
The weather’s getting warmer in Montreal, playoff weather, a time of year this group is used to looking for external, irrelevant sources of motivation to play out the string.
—Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Samantha Riedel, Them, 20 Mar. 2025
But that’s an artifact of high infant mortality rates in that era, and completely irrelevant to the fiscal health or purpose of Social Security.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
These changes in the global distribution of economic power and military technology do not mean that U.S. allies are irrelevant.
—Stephen Peter Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
The weather’s getting warmer in Montreal, playoff weather, a time of year this group is used to looking for external, irrelevant sources of motivation to play out the string.
—Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrelevant
Adjective
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Because, with the Celtics all but promised to finish second in the Eastern Conference, these games at the end of the regular season are essentially meaningless from a win-loss standpoint.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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But in the stacks of the Alderman Library on the campus of the University of Virginia, the pencil and ink on the carrel shelf looked like nothing more than meaningless graffiti to almost everyone—except Professor Lise Dobrin and her students.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Indeed, the excises were largely immaterial to the economic fortunes of manufacturers.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes,
3 Sep. 2024
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Whether the ball struck by Shohei Ohtani would have cleared the right-field wall at the Tokyo Dome if some fans hadn’t reached over the railing is immaterial.—
Iliana Limón Romero,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Yet those in power show little tolerance to law when open government, public records, national security and other laws are ignored or violated under a self-serving declaration that laws somehow are inapplicable to political leaders — applicable to others, just not to them.—
Lonnie Groot,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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
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So, in essence, all the extraneous information not required by the model is eliminated, allowing continuous computation of trajectories through the mental model space (either real or imagined) with unparalleled efficiency.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For most of us, our inbox goals are the same: minimize useless spam, file away messages that don’t require your attention right away, and bring urgent items to the forefront.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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His devastating splitter would be useless without first establishing everything else in the strike zone.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The league’s reason for not punishing Morant was understanding his intent behind the gesture wasn’t violent, but Morant was advised to refrain from using the inappropriate celebration.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Is the ‘Minecraft’ movie inappropriate? Not particularly.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But people all around us ask impertinent questions all the time.—
Harriette Cole,
The Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Cocky, opinionated, and flippant, Jimmy might as well be every foreigner’s idea of what those impertinent cowboy Americans are like.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
14 July 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 15 Apr. 2025.
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