irrelevant

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/ɪˈɹɛləvənt/[ɪˈɹʷɛləvənt]/əˈɹɛləvənt/[əˈɹʷɛləvənt]

adjective

Not relevant, as

“His comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion.”

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveirrelevant (comparative more irrelevant, superlative most irrelevant)

comparative more irrelevant · superlative most irrelevant

  1. Not relevant, as

    His comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion.

    3 more examples

    We need to focus on the main topic and ignore irrelevant details.

    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. "Haven't seen her since," he said.

    2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.35

    Synonyms: foreign

  2. Not relevant, as:
    1. 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

  3. derogatoryslangNo longer famous or popular; washed up.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot relevant, as

Similar

adjectiveNot at all related: totally unrelated, wholly unconnected, completely inapplicable.

adjectiveNot 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.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Latinir-
  6. Englishir-
  7. Englishrelevant
  8. Englishirrelevant

From ir- + relevant.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic عَرَضِيّ
  • عَرَضِيّ (ʕaraḍiyy)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Basque desegoki
  • desegokinot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Bulgarian несъществен, неуместен
  • несъществен (nesăštestven)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • неуместен (neumesten)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • ирелевантен (irelevanten)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • нецелесъобразен (necelesăobrazen)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • страничен (straničen)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Catalan irrellevant
  • irrellevantnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Chinese Mandarin 不相干的, 不切題的 /不切题的
  • 不相干的 (bùxiānggān de)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • 不切題的 /不切题的 (bùqiètí de)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Czech irelevantní
  • irelevantnínot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Dutch irrelevant
  • irrelevantnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Esperanto malgrava, neatentinda
  • malgravanot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • neatentindanot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • nekoncernanot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • nerilatanot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Finnish irrelevantti, epäolennainen
  • irrelevanttinot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • epäolennainennot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • merkityksetönnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • yhdentekevänot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
French non-pertinent
  • non-pertinentnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
German irrelevant, unwesentlich
  • irrelevantnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • unwesentlichnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Greek άσχετος
  • άσχετος (áschetos)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Hungarian irreleváns, érdektelen
  • irrelevánsnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • érdektelennot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • lényegtelennot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • mellékesnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Italian irrilevante
  • irrilevantenot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Japanese 無関係
  • 無関係 (mukankei)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Māori hape
  • hapenot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Polish nie à propos, nieistotny
  • nie à proposnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • nieistotnynot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • niepowiązanynot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • niezwiązanynot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Portuguese irrelevante
  • irrelevantenot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Romanian irelevant, neimportant
  • irelevantnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • neimportantnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • nerelevantnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Russian неподходя́щий, несуще́ственный
  • неподходя́щий (nepodxodjáščij)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • несуще́ственный (nesuščéstvennyj)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • неуме́стный (neuméstnyj)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • нева́жный (nevážnyj)not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Slovak irelevantný, nepodstatný
  • irelevantnýnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • nepodstatnýnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Spanish irrelevante
  • irrelevantenot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Swedish irrelevant, ovidkommande
  • irrelevantnot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • ovidkommandenot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
Turkish ilgisiz, alakasız
  • ilgisiznot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
  • alakasıznot related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

irrelevant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irrelevant

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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