as in meaningless
not having anything to do with the matter at hand
irrelevant questions that merely disrupted the classroom lesson
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Recent Examples of irrelevant
But Trump, from his first weeks in office, has instead threatened to render Congress almost irrelevant.
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David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
The drawing order of the five white balls is irrelevant.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
The constant pressure to fit into society’s molds has become irrelevant.
—Erin McGregor, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
To illustrate this finding, Anthropic artificially boosted a feature inside Claude corresponding to the Golden Gate Bridge, which led the model to insert mention of the bridge, no matter how irrelevant, into its answers until the boost was reversed.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
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David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
The drawing order of the five white balls is irrelevant.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
The constant pressure to fit into society’s molds has become irrelevant.
—Erin McGregor, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
To illustrate this finding, Anthropic artificially boosted a feature inside Claude corresponding to the Golden Gate Bridge, which led the model to insert mention of the bridge, no matter how irrelevant, into its answers until the boost was reversed.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for irrelevant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrelevant
Adjective
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Yes, the games are meaningless.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Also; regardless if the Rockies are good or bad; shouldn’t they be applauded for bringing up prospects early and not pausing for a future control that might be meaningless?—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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So, how can the immaterial affect the material?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
12 Apr. 2025
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The orchestra produces a ravishment of sound both immaterial and downright tactile.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That was the site of its preseason test days, although that event was held in unseasonably cold weather, which means much of what the teams learned then may be inapplicable this coming weekend.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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Yet those in power show little tolerance to law when open government, public records, national security and other laws are ignored or violated under a self-serving declaration that laws somehow are inapplicable to political leaders — applicable to others, just not to them.—
Lonnie Groot,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Which passport wallets are best? Passport wallets have long been viewed as somewhat of an extraneous travel accessory for years, but are steadily rising in their popularity among frequent flyers and travelers.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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Apparently, the audio and transcript were recorded on different apps, and the audio recording was stopped before the extraneous commentary.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For most of us, our inbox goals are the same: minimize useless spam, file away messages that don’t require your attention right away, and bring urgent items to the forefront.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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His devastating splitter would be useless without first establishing everything else in the strike zone.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Mickey Rourke was removed from the Celebrity Big Brother UK house after further usage of inappropriate language.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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Lewin has insisted there was nothing inappropriate about this visit.—
Nick Tabor,
Curbed,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There this brilliant but bewildered scientist gets cornered by a plutocrat with impertinent questions.—
Alan Scherstuhl,
Scientific American,
15 Oct. 2024
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This should be said with a beatific bridal smile — the sincerity of which Miss Manners hopes your guests will be questioning for the rest of their rude and impertinent lives.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
4 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The Supreme Court indeed raised Flood and explained the cases were, at best, inapposite.—
Marc Edelman,
Forbes,
21 June 2021
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Then there is Beinart’s inapposite comparison between this president’s rhetoric on these themes and the rhetoric of President George W. Bush.—
Daniel Foster,
The Atlantic,
10 July 2017
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“Irrelevant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrelevant. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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