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Synonyms for irrelevant
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-rel-uh-vuh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈrɛl ə vənt |
Top 10 synonyms for irrelevant
Définition of irrelevant
Origin :- 1680s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + relevant. Related: Irrelevantly.
- adj beside the point
- There followed a voluminous screed of irrelevant dissertation.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- That remark was so irrelevant that one could make no answer to it.
- Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
- That was the line of his argument, and it was irrelevant enough to be almost insulting.
- Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
- Yet this discursiveness is not so irrelevant to the handful of pages which follow.
- Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad
- You remind me of a passage in my story which I omitted, as irrelevant to the matter in hand.
- Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
- There wasn't material and energy to spare for irrelevant details.
- Extract from : « Security » by Poul William Anderson
- Irrelevant and immaterial to the facts at issue in the case.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- Her next utterance struck me as irrelevant, to say the least of it.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Revel » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- He realized how irrelevant the last statement was only after he had made it.
- Extract from : « Warning from the Stars » by Ron Cocking
- It is fairer to suppose that it was passed over because it was irrelevant.
- Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
Antonyms for irrelevant
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