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Definition of "irrelevant" []

  • Unrelated to the matter being considered. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "irrelevant" in a sentence
  • "The best way to fight off these Smartbook folks is to make the term irrelevant, and we can coin a better term at the same time."
  • "Jon Perlman , a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, suspended his AdWords account last year after he found out he was charged for what he called irrelevant search terms such as "oliva newton john photo" and "tattoo removal studio city.""
  • "And the U.N., which we called irrelevant at the time, they're not there to help us."