Meaning & use

irrelevant

adjective·Academic

Not connected to or important for the matter being considered.

See it in a sentence

The lawyer objected, arguing that the witness's personal history was irrelevant to the case.

Most of the feedback was irrelevant, since it addressed a version of the app we had already changed.

A note on using this word

Irrelevant describes a lack of logical connection to the topic at hand, not simply a lack of importance in general.

Words with a similar meaning

unrelatedimmaterial

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