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irrelevant Definition

ir·rel·evant (i rel′ə vənt)

adjective

not relevant; not pertinent; not to the point; not relating to the subject

irrelevant Related Forms

ir·rel′·evance noun or ir·rel′·evancy

noun pl. -·cies

ir·rel′·evantly adverb

irrelevant Synonyms

irrelevant

modif.

inapplicable, unrelated, extraneous, impertinent, off the topic, inappropriate, inconsequent, inconsequential, immaterial, unconnected, inapropros, not germane, beside the point, off the point, foreign, beside the question, out of order, out of place, not to the purpose, pointless, trivial, not connected with, not pertaining to, without reference to, out of the way, remote, tangential, neither here nor there*; see also trivial, unnecessary.

irrelevant Law Definition

adj

With evidence or testimony, not pertinent to the claims or defenses in the case.

irrelevant Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

render: However, by 1920, the seismic upheavals resulting from WWI created further changes that rendered these promises irrelevant.

Modifies a noun

  • material: Now we had no irrelevant materials for the English class.
  • factor: He had to take into account all relevant factors and discard all irrelevant factors.
  • stuff: Ask Jeeves for Kids - search for facts and avoid the annoying irrelevant stuff ( we hope!
  • hit: Carefully chosen keywords can produce excellent, useful results; poorly chosen ones can result in lots of irrelevant hits.
  • detail: Much of the irrelevant detail has been swept away.

Modifying Another Word

  • largely: The Irish parliament, he felt, was largely irrelevant to the needs of the country.
  • utterly: The comrades were concerned above all else to avoid controversy - and thus make themselves utterly irrelevant to the issues in Respect.
  • totally: The advice - some useful, some totally irrelevant, all taken on board - I received really helped me.
  • seemingly: Two seemingly irrelevant bits of information, chanced upon earlier in the game, are necessary to successfully render the device harmless.
  • completely: The label is completely irrelevant in helping me decide whether I do or will like something.
  • hopelessly: But nuclear weapons are hopelessly irrelevant to that terrorist threat.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: The tearing down of the statue now seems almost irrelevant to the crisis in Iraq we're now seeing.
  • render: A system of government in which our elected representatives can be rendered so irrelevant is just plain wrong.
  • deem: Obstacles at this range have been deemed irrelevant to the blind user and the range reduced to 3.2 meters.
  • dismiss: In an age when God's existence is often dismissed as irrelevant to real questions, this is encouraging stuff.
  • appear: If learning is difficult the learner will not want to waste time on tasks which appear irrelevant to their purpose.
  • become: In fact, the whole world of football risks becoming irrelevant.

Preposition: in

context: So far, wind power has been seen as pretty much irrelevant in urban contexts.

Preposition: for

purpose: The result against the ungraded player is irrelevant for the purposes of grading calculations.