English Explanatory Dictionary

irrelevant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Not relevant, as
Not relevant, as:
Not at all related: totally unrelated, wholly unconnected, completely inapplicable.
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.
No longer famous or popular; washed up.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈɹɛl.ə.vənt/ en-us-irrelevant.ogg

Word forms

irrelevant more irrelevant most irrelevant

Etymology

From ir- + relevant.

Synonyms

beside the mark beside the point immaterial impertinent irrelative irrelevant moot nongermane nonpertinent off-topic orthogonal otiose tangential unapt ungermane unrelated unassociated uncorrelated random stochastic alien unimportant incidental inapplicable

Antonyms

relevant foreign pertinent

Related words

fun fact what does that have to do with the price of corn what does that have to do with the price of tea in China

Derived words

irrelephant irrelevance irrelevancy irrelevantly

Translations

Arabic: عَرَضِيّ Basque: desegoki Breton: dizere Bulgarian: несъществен Bulgarian: неуместен Bulgarian: ирелевантен Bulgarian: нецелесъобразен Bulgarian: страничен Catalan: irrellevant Chinese Mandarin: 不相干的 Chinese Mandarin: 不切題的 /不切题的 Czech: irelevantní Dutch: irrelevant Esperanto: malgrava Esperanto: neatentinda Esperanto: nekoncerna Esperanto: nerilata Finnish: irrelevantti Finnish: epäolennainen Finnish: merkityksetön Finnish: yhdentekevä French: non-pertinent Galician: irrelevante Georgian: არარელევანტური German: irrelevant German: unwesentlich Greek: άσχετος Hungarian: irreleváns Hungarian: érdektelen Hungarian: lényegtelen Hungarian: mellékes Italian: irrilevante Japanese: 無関係 Macedonian: несоо́дветен Macedonian: неу́месен Manx: neuventynagh Māori: hape Polish: nie à propos Polish: nieistotny Polish: niepowiązany Polish: niezwiązany Portuguese: irrelevante Romanian: irelevant Romanian: neimportant Romanian: nerelevant Russian: неподходя́щий Russian: несуще́ственный Russian: неуме́стный Russian: нева́жный Slovak: irelevantný Slovak: nepodstatný Spanish: irrelevante Swedish: irrelevant Swedish: ovidkommande Turkish: ilgisiz Turkish: alakasız

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