off the subject

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additional immaterial incidental nonessential superfluous supplementary unconnected unnecessary unrelated

accidental adventitious beside the point extra foreign impertinent inadmissible inapplicable inapposite inappropriate inessential needless peripheral pointless redundant unessential

essential important material necessary needed relevant

appropriate basic integral national native pertinent

beside the point immaterial impertinent inapplicable irrelevant nonessential not at issue nothing to do with the case unessential