irrelevant

irrelevant
[[t]ɪre̱lɪv(ə)nt[/t]]
1) ADJ-GRADED: oft ADJ to n If you describe something such as a fact or remark as irrelevant, you mean that it is not connected with what you are discussing or dealing with.

...irrelevant details...

The government decided that their testimony would be irrelevant to the case.

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Derived words:
irrelevantly ADV-GRADED ADV with v, ADV with cl

She would have hated the suit, I thought irrelevantly.

2) ADJ-GRADED: oft ADJ to n If you say that something is irrelevant, you mean that it is not important in a situation.

Their old hard-won skills were irrelevant...

The choice of subject matter is irrelevant...

He said politics has become increasingly irrelevant to most Americans.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • irrelevant — irrelevant …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • irrelevant — ir·rel·e·vant /ir re lə vənt/ adj: not relevant: not applicable or pertinent irrelevant allegations irrelevant evidence compare immaterial ir·rel·e·vant·ly adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webst …   Law dictionary

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  • Irrelĕvant — (v. lat.), unerheblich …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Irrelevánt — (lat.), »unerheblich«, unwichtig, geringfügig; Irrelevantia, unerhebliche, geringfügige Dinge …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Irrelevánt — (neulat.), unerheblich, ohne Bedeutung; Irrelevánz, Unerheblichkeit …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • irrelevant — (adj.) 1680s, from assimilated form of IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + RELEVANT (Cf. relevant). Related: Irrelevantly …   Etymology dictionary

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  • irrelevant — [i rel′ə vənt] adj. not relevant; not pertinent; not to the point; not relating to the subject irrelevance n. irrelevancy n. pl. Irrelevancies irrelevantly adv …   English World dictionary

  • irrelevant — adj. 1) irrelevant to 2) irrelevant to + inf. (it s irrelevant to cite such outdated evidence) 3) irrelevant that + clause (it s irrelevant that she was out of town) * * * [ɪ relɪv(ə)nt] irrelevant to irrelevant that + clause (it s irrelevant… …   Combinatory dictionary

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