Definition of "nongermane" [nongermane]

• Not germane; irrelevant. (adjective)

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• "Working with majority leader Robert Byrd, I threw out a huge stack of obstructionist amendments with a series of rapid-fire parliamentary rulings because Senate rules required the presiding officer to reject them as nongermane, or “dilatory.”"
• "This CRS piece also discusses nongermane amendments, and says they are prohibited in reconciliation, but the prohibition can be waived with a 3/5ths assent."
• "And would it not seem so … nongermane, we could spend our entire lives pitched in its attempt."