irrelative

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UK/ɪˈɹɛlətɪv/US[-ɾɪv]

adjective

Having no relations to each other; unrelated.

“Irrelative chords in music are those having no common tone.”

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveirrelative (comparative more irrelative, superlative most irrelative)

comparative more irrelative · superlative most irrelative

  1. Having no relations to each other; unrelated.
  2. Not related to the subject at hand; irrelevant.

    When the subject of Mr. Denby fell of its own weight, he essayed other equally irrelative themes, but each time the very deference of Dick's attention seemed to paralyze him, and after a moment's stark pause the conversation that he had interrupted would go on without him.

    1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 7, in Tender is the Night, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1962, →OCLC, page 42
  3. entertainmentDescribing two or more chords which do not share any notes in common.

    Irrelative chords in music are those having no common tone.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian несвързан
  • несвързан (nesvărzan)Having no relations to each other
Polish niezwiązany, niepowiązany
  • niezwiązanyHaving no relations to each other
  • niepowiązanyHaving no relations to each other
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APA

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MLA

“irrelative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irrelative. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irrelative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irrelative.

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