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Another word for irrelevant

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Adjective

  1. Not relevant or pertinent to the subject; not applicable

    Idioms:
    See also:

    relevant

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Another word for irrelevant

Modifier
  1. See also:

    unnecessary

    trivial

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Sentence Examples

  • The strict rules of their noble births seemed irrelevant now.

  • Physically incapable of rising to passionate heights of oratory, Cotta's successes were chiefly due to his searching investigation of facts; he kept strictly to the essentials of the case and avoided all irrelevant digressions.

  • In this case it was irrelevant, but Sam wouldn't have any way of knowing that.

  • Here also it is important to distinguish what is relevant from what is irrelevant in the line of criticism represented by these writers.

  • He deletes what strikes him as irrelevant, or tedious, or uninteresting to his readers.

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