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irrelevant
/ˌɪˈɹɛləvənt/
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What does irrelevant mean?
adjective
- Not relevant, as
- Not at all related: totally unrelated, wholly unconnected, completely inapplicable.
- 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.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- (derogatory, slang) No longer famous or popular; washed up.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪˈɹɛləvənt/
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But it is not irrelevant to insist on its ugliness so long as half of humanity is kept out of it.
The "manic personality," which need not become insane, is characterized by high energy, vivacious emotions, rapid flow of thought and irrelevant associations.
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She felt that she ought to be thinking about Ray, but her mind kept racing off to all sorts of trivial and irrelevant things.
Nothing could have seemed more irrelevant to Dorothea than insistence on her youth and sex when she was moved to show her human fellowship.
There is much in the wording of this passage which is irrelevant to our point and which must be discounted to make it clear.