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irrelevant
adjective ir·rel·e·vant \-vənt\
: not important or relating to what is being discussed right now : not relevant
Full Definition of IRRELEVANT
: not relevant : inapplicable <that statement is irrelevant to your argument>
— ir·rel·e·vant·ly adverb
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First Known Use of IRRELEVANT
1786
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- extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, irrelative, beside the point, neither here nor there
IRRELEVANT Defined for Kids
irrelevant
adjective ir·rel·e·vant \i-ˈre-lə-vənt\
Definition of IRRELEVANT for Kids
: having no importance or relation to what is being considered <What's that got to do with it? That's irrelevant.>
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