Synonyms for irrelevant
ɪˈrɛl ə vənt; ɪˈrɛv ə ləntir·rel·e·vant

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1. irrelevantadjective

   Antonyms:
   relevant

2. irrelevantadjective

   Antonyms:
   relevant

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1. irrelevantadjective

   Foreign refers to difference of birth, alien to difference of allegiance. In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed. Impertinent and irrelevant matters can not claim consideration in a certain connection; inappropriate matters could not properly be considered. Compare ALIEN, n.; CONTRAST, v.

   Synonyms:
   alien, alien, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, distant, foreign, hostile, impertinent, inappropriate, opposed, remote, strange, unconnected, unlike

   Antonyms:
   akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper, relevant

   Preposition:
   Such a purpose was alien to (or from) my thought: to preferable.

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1. irrelevantadjective

   having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

   "an irrelevant comment"; "irrelevant allegations"

   Antonyms:
   pertinent, applicable, relevant, germane(p)

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1. irrelevantadjective

   Synonyms:
   inapplicable, impertinent, not relevant, not applicable, not to the point, foreign to the purpose, not bearing upon the point in question, having nothing to do with the matter, travelling out of the record

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1. List of paraphrases for "irrelevant":

   immaterial, unimportant, non-relevant, unrelated, meaningless, insignificant, extraneous, inappropriate, interest-free, indifferent, relevance, inconsequential, trivial, moot

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How to use irrelevant in a sentence?

1. Kacper Kopron:

   It is possible that since CD Projekt informed about the attack on its Twitter account and not via a regulatory filing, it is not worried that the attack has caused significant negative effect or the data might be irrelevant.

2. Getty Images:

   A non-violent thief who can post $3,000 bail is no more threatening than one who can't, the money is irrelevant; being poor doesn't make a defendant inherently more dangerous. But as practiced, NY’s legal system has long operated as if poverty equals danger.

3. Jim Harbaugh:

   What they say, the they, to me that’s always been completely irrelevant. It means nothing whether they’re saying something good about you or something bad about you, all I know is there's a foxhole, we’re in it. And wherever the fire is coming from, we want to be running into it.

4. Michael Roe:

   Without being too insulting, these are totally irrelevant countries when it comes to shipping, except they've got cheap flags with low standards of regulation.

5. Scott Gordon:

   While that may seem like it’s the issue, it’s really not the issue, the issue is actively going out and campaigning against the church. What the content is is almost irrelevant.