Antonyms for irrelevant

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ih-rel-uh-vuh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈrɛl ə vənt

Definition of irrelevant

Origin : 1680s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + relevant. Related: Irrelevantly.

adj beside the point

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for irrelevant

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