irrelevant
Syllables: ir·rel·e·vant/ɪˈɹɛləvənt/
irrelevant adjective: not relevant, as.
Adjective
irrelevant (comparative more irrelevant, superlative most irrelevant)
- Not relevant, as
- His comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion.
- We need to focus on the main topic and ignore irrelevant details.
- Synonyms:
- foreign
- Not at all related: totally unrelated, wholly unconnected, completely inapplicable.
- Synonyms:
- foreign, unrelated, unassociated, uncorrelated, random, stochastic, alien
- Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation.
- Synonyms:
- foreign, unimportant, immaterial, incidental, inapplicable
- No longer famous or popular; washed up.
irrelevant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
irrelevant in Hindi
- अप्रासंगिक
irrelevant in Tamil
- தொடர்பற்ற, பொருத்த மற்ற
irrelevant in Marathi
- अप्रासंगिक
irrelevant in Urdu
- انٹ سنٹ, بےموقع, بےربط, بےتک, خارج از بحث
More languagesFewer languages
- irrelevant in Bengali
- অপ্রাসঙ্গিক, অসংলগ্ন, অবান্তর
- irrelevant in Malayalam
- അപ്രസക്തമായ, പ്രസക്തമല്ലാത്ത, പ്രസക്തിയില്ലാത്ത, അപ്രസ്തുത
- irrelevant in Kannada
- ತಕ್ಕುದಲ್ಲದ, ಅಡ್ಡಾದಿಡ್ಡಿ, ಅಡ್ಡಾದುಡ್ಡಿ, ಅಡ್ಡತಿಡ್ಡ
- irrelevant in Punjabi
- ਅਪ੍ਰਸੰਗਿਕ, ਅਪ੍ਰਾਸੰਗਿਕ
- irrelevant in Gujarati
- અપ્રાસંગિક
- irrelevant in Odia
- ଅପ୍ରାସଙ୍ଗିକ, ଅପ୍ରାସଙ୍ଗିକ |
- irrelevant in Nepali
- अप्रासंगिक, अप्रासङ्गिक
- irrelevant in Arabic
- عَرَضِيّ ʕaraḍiyy
Examples of irrelevant in a sentence
- The fact that she is his sister is irrelevant to the case.
- Andy Kirby said that, on her second day in his class, Velvet declared algebra irrelevant to her life and strolled out the door.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.35
Synonyms of irrelevant
- foreign
- unrelated
- unassociated
- uncorrelated
- random
- stochastic
- alien
- unimportant
- immaterial
- incidental
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Antonyms
Forms of irrelevant
| comparative | more irrelevant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most irrelevant |
Origin of irrelevant
From ir- + relevant.
Words formed from irrelevant
Phrases with irrelevant
Words that rhyme with irrelevant
Questions about irrelevant
- What does irrelevant mean?
- Irrelevant means not relevant, as.
- What is irrelevant in Hindi?
- Irrelevant in Hindi is अप्रासंगिक. See Irrelevant meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use irrelevant in a sentence?
- The fact that she is his sister is irrelevant to the case.
- What part of speech is irrelevant?
- Irrelevant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce irrelevant?
- Irrelevant is pronounced /ɪˈɹɛləvənt/.
Words near irrelevant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: irrelevant (page history and authors); irrelevant (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); irrelevant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irrelevant (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); irrelevant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Irrelevant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irrelevant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); irrelevant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irrelevant (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); irrelevant (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); irrelevant (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); irrelevant (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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