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Definitions

irrelevant

[ih-rel-uh-vuhnt] / ɪˈrɛl ə vənt /
ADJECTIVE
beside the point
Synonyms
STRONGEST
extraneous immaterial inappropriate inconsequential insignificant pointless trivial unimportant unnecessary unrelated
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foreign garbage impertinent inapplicable inapposite inappurtenant inapropos inapt inconsequent not connected with not germane not pertaining to off the point off the topic out of order out of place outside remote unapt unconnected without reference
Antonyms
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appropriate consequential essential important meaningful necessary needed relevant significant substantial useful valuable worthwhile
WEAK
pertinent related

Example Sentences

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A quarter of past voters also see the party as "irrelevant", according to a poll released by Angus Reid earlier this week, and 40% say its best days are behind it.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

And important science does not become irrelevant on the scale of years.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

On the related but perhaps irrelevant question of individual character, the evidence is clear: Wilhelm II was an unstable and vainglorious idiot who wound up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

But in the long term, it may be irrelevant.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

That our misery, confinement, and pain were irrelevant to their lives was simply incomprehensible.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson