unpertinentadj.

c1400 in Bull. John Rylands Libr. (1985) 68 154 (MED) Gold and siluer ben vnpertynent to gete pardoun of God, for he ȝyueþ goostli þingis freli.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 388 In general crede ben conteyned many treuþis þat us nediþ not to dispute, but bileve hem as unpertinent.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 72 To warn men to fle in weddingis couetous lustis, and pride, and swilk oþer vices vnpertinent to þe mariage.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 439 This controuersie..is vnpertinent to this cause.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inpertinente, vnpertinent, not fit, not belonging.

a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 295 When any of ws..wald schaw the dangerous and vnpartinent proceadingis of the said erle, his Maieste wald be very sory.

1708 Funeral Serm. Death Mrs. U. Bunchley 9 We are not therefore to raise unpertinent Cavils.

1824 Christian Telescope 18 Dec. 78/1 This will give an importance to parental commandments, and preclude many unpertinent questions.

1868 Railway News 25 July 76/1 It may not be unpertinent to refer to the conjunction ‘and’.

1960 Language 36 420 Least of all should I relish picking out objectionable tidbits for which to chastise the author, lest my critique seem picayune and..unpertinent.

1999 Guardian (Nexis) 29 Oct. 23 Writing what I might have said to get the play commissioned is an unpertinent addition to his remit as critic.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 441 Ellis this clausul..hadde be seid vnpertynently and vnhangingli fro the materis of the clausulis folewing.

1638 G. Lightbody Against Apple of Left Eye of Antichrist 40 This masse book teacheth men not to be Christians, but apes in unpertinent gestures of standing, sitting, kneeling, &c. and parrats in reading, praying, vociferation, and crying unpertinently.

1740 F. Blyth Eternal Misery Pref. p. xiii I could hardly have expected that [such] a man..wou'd have been absent enough to reason so very unpertinently on so plain a text.