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not germane

ADJECTIVE
irrelevant
Synonyms
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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 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
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pertinent related
ADJECTIVE
neither here nor there
Synonyms
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beside the point extraneous immaterial impertinent inconsequential not connected with not pertaining to off the point off the topic pointless trivial unconnected unimportant
ADJECTIVE
unrelated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
extraneous inappropriate irrelevant unconnected
WEAK
beside the point dissimilar inapplicable irrelative mismatched nongermane not kin not kindred not related separate unassociated unattached unlike
Antonyms
STRONGEST
appropriate necessary pertinent relevant
WEAK
dependent related

Example Sentences

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The association’s promotion of an article on the effects of student loan debt on young lawyers was not germane, the court found.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023

That just fundamentally, the concept of removing all personal information because it's not germane to the science in this example is a little rigid to me.

From Scientific American • Nov. 17, 2022

Activities that are not germane to the grantee’s research—serving as pastor at a church, for example—do not constitute an SFI, regardless of the amount of money involved.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 29, 2021

These skills are not germane to the mission of intelligence.

From Washington Post • May 11, 2021

Any sound that was not germane to the night would make them alert.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck