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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1. Peter Steele:

   The governor is not making comments about race. Race is irrelevant. What is relevant is the cost to state taxpayers for welfare and the emotional costs for these kids who are born as a result of involvement with drug traffickers. His heart goes out to these kids because he had a difficult childhood too. We need to stop the drug traffickers from coming into our state.

2. Mick Mulvaney:

   Everybody knows it would take Democrat cooperation to do that, which is not going to happen. So I think that any discussion about that is just not premature, I think it's irrelevant.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   We're going to have an orderly transfer from this administration to the next one, what we all say about it is, frankly, irrelevant.

4. Joe Biden:

   Joe Biden later dismissed concerns about Joe Biden apparent fabrications as irrelevant. That has nothing to do with judgment of whether or not you send troops to war, the judgment of whether you bring someone home, the judgment of whether you decide on a health care policy.

5. Hendrith Smith:

   In the context of the new transportation system, Drivers Licenses will become mostly irrelevant and unnecessary. When everything is autonomous, the need for drivers licenses as a safety feature of the system will just not even make sense.