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单词 irrelevant
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Definition of irrelevant in English:

irrelevant

adjective ɪˈrɛlɪv(ə)ntəˈrɛləvənt
  • Not connected with or relevant to something.

    an irrelevant comment
    theory can sometimes be hastily dismissed as irrelevant to the classroom
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her personal feelings about the doctors should be completely irrelevant to her decision.
    • The fact that they were under a compliance audit at this time is largely irrelevant to the issue.
    • With the latter, the hero becomes almost irrelevant to the life of the ordinary person.
    • Whether these agendas are predetermined or the product of free will, it's largely irrelevant from our perspective.
    • For some the desire was to render law irrelevant and redundant through technological innovation.
    • Motive is important in detection and in arguing a case in court, but it is irrelevant to sentencing.
    • After the conquest, the Wall became largely irrelevant to these victors, and drifted into eclipse.
    • Today's technology has made geography almost irrelevant.
    • But I do not say that the first question is an irrelevant consideration.
    • If so, should current findings be deemed irrelevant for purposes of policy and law?
    • To ask a further question without specific allegations in the pleadings renders this question irrelevant.
    • The Tories are totally irrelevant to this whole issue.
    • Sorry, that was a cheap shot and entirely irrelevant to the question.
    • The trend towards all-embracing competition policy made public ownership almost irrelevant for years despite questions of the public good.
    • But you have no right simply to dismiss it as irrelevant or beneath your dignity.
    • Because the main point about Howard's rhetoric was that it has become totally irrelevant.
    • The remainder of the section is irrelevant for the purposes of the present appeal.
    • At first glance, a swimming pool might seem completely irrelevant to managing a fast-growing company.
    • Actually, movie reviews seem almost entirely irrelevant these days.
    • Nowadays critics are vapid, passionless creatures who seem increasingly irrelevant.
    Synonyms
    beside the point, not to the point, immaterial, not pertinent, not germane, off the subject, neither here nor there, unconnected, unrelated, peripheral, tangential, extraneous, inapposite, inapt, inapplicable
    unimportant, inconsequential, insignificant, of no matter/moment, of little account, trivial, negligible, minor, trifling, petty, superficial
    rare impertinent

Derivatives

  • irrelevantly

  • adverbɪˈrɛlɪv(ə)ntliˌɪ(r)ˈrɛləv(ə)ntli
    • He repeats - completely irrelevantly - the silliest and most discredited canards.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So they had to revert to requesting, irrelevantly, that we should all stand up if we hate Dundee.
      • He added irrelevantly that the event had long enjoyed bi-partisan political support.
      • That last line was added rather irrelevantly, but that is the Dean method.
      • My foot isn't tapping irrelevantly on the floor.

Rhymes

relevant
 
 

Definition of irrelevant in US English:

irrelevant

adjectiveəˈrɛləvəntəˈreləvənt
  • Not connected with or relevant to something.

    an irrelevant comment
    theory can sometimes be hastily dismissed as irrelevant to the classroom
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The fact that they were under a compliance audit at this time is largely irrelevant to the issue.
    • With the latter, the hero becomes almost irrelevant to the life of the ordinary person.
    • To ask a further question without specific allegations in the pleadings renders this question irrelevant.
    • Because the main point about Howard's rhetoric was that it has become totally irrelevant.
    • But you have no right simply to dismiss it as irrelevant or beneath your dignity.
    • For some the desire was to render law irrelevant and redundant through technological innovation.
    • Whether these agendas are predetermined or the product of free will, it's largely irrelevant from our perspective.
    • Today's technology has made geography almost irrelevant.
    • Actually, movie reviews seem almost entirely irrelevant these days.
    • Her personal feelings about the doctors should be completely irrelevant to her decision.
    • Nowadays critics are vapid, passionless creatures who seem increasingly irrelevant.
    • But I do not say that the first question is an irrelevant consideration.
    • The remainder of the section is irrelevant for the purposes of the present appeal.
    • After the conquest, the Wall became largely irrelevant to these victors, and drifted into eclipse.
    • Sorry, that was a cheap shot and entirely irrelevant to the question.
    • The Tories are totally irrelevant to this whole issue.
    • At first glance, a swimming pool might seem completely irrelevant to managing a fast-growing company.
    • The trend towards all-embracing competition policy made public ownership almost irrelevant for years despite questions of the public good.
    • If so, should current findings be deemed irrelevant for purposes of policy and law?
    • Motive is important in detection and in arguing a case in court, but it is irrelevant to sentencing.
    Synonyms
    beside the point, not to the point, immaterial, not pertinent, not germane, off the subject, neither here nor there, unconnected, unrelated, peripheral, tangential, extraneous, inapposite, inapt, inapplicable

Usage

See immaterial
 
 
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