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

WEAK

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

STRONGEST

appropriate consequential essential important meaningful necessary needed relevant significant substantial useful valuable worthwhile

WEAK

pertinent related

Example Sentences

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Brock Purdy can go from being Mr. Irrelevant to Super Bowl champion.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2024

Mahomes, Swifties & Mr Irrelevant - your guide to Super Bowl 2024.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024

“I am older now. Irrelevant in the cul/ture of youth, followers, and TikTok,” she acknowledges in her new book, “Reckoning.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2023

Don’t remind Brock Purdy that he’s a rookie — and Mr. Irrelevant at that — because he certainly doesn’t play like it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2023

He was eldritch at it; and we listened— Thereby acquiring much we knew before About ourselves, and hitherto had held Irrelevant, or not prime to the purpose.

From The Man Against the Sky by Robinson, Edwin Arlington

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