irrelevant
adj/ɪˈɹɛləvənt/ · [ɪˈɹʷɛləvənt]
Etymology From ir- + relevant.
1
Not relevant, as
- His comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion.
- We need to focus on the main topic and ignore irrelevant details.
2 more examples
- The fact that she is his sister is irrelevant to the case.
- Andy Kirby said that, on her second day in his class, Velvet declared algebra irrelevant to her life and strolled out the door. "Haven't seen her since," he said.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.35
› Not relevant, as:
2
Not at all related: totally unrelated, wholly unconnected, completely inapplicable.
3
Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation.
4
Derogatory, Slang No longer famous or popular; washed up.
- Synonyms
- beside the mark, beside the point, immaterial, impertinent, irrelative, irrelevant, moot, nongermane, nonpertinent, off-topic, orthogonal, otiose, tangential, unapt, ungermane
- Derived terms
- irrelephant, irrelevance, irrelevancy, irrelevantly
- Related terms
- fun fact, what does that have to do with the price of corn, what does that have to do with the price of tea in China
- Hypernyms
- unconnected