Synonyms for irrelevant
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Inapplicable — not relevant, as, Not usefully related, not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context…
inapplicable, immaterial, unimportant, moot US, tangential, inapposite, extraneous, inapt, unsuitable, incidental, orthogonal, unapt, unfit, impertinent dated
2. Unrelated — not relevant, as, Not at all related, totally unrelated, wholly unconnected, completely inapplicable
unrelated, alien, foreign formal, random, unassociated, uncorrelated, desultory, remote, stochastic, unconnected
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Not relevant, as: Not at all related: totally unrelated, wholly unconnected, completely inapplicable.
- adj. 2
Not relevant, as: 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.
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Impertinent and irrelevant matters can not claim consideration in a certain connection; inappropriate matters could not properly be considered.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- unimportant This detail is unimportant. You can safely omit it.
- immaterial Age is immaterial, unless you're a bottle of wine.
- tangential The liquid flow submits the container to what we call tangential stress.
- inapplicable This article of the constitution was declared inapplicable.
- random Tom opened the book at random and started reading.
- unrelated Most of my sentences are unrelated to anything here.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| irrelevant | steady | |
| unimportant | falling | |
| immaterial | falling | |
| tangential | falling | |
| inapplicable | falling | |
| random | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- moot1
- 5 letters
- alien3, unfit2, inapt, unapt
- 6 letters
- random2, remote2, otiose3
- 7 letters
- foreign2, expired2
- 9 letters
- unrelated4, desultory4
- 10 letters
- unsuitable4, incidental4, stochastic3, orthogonal4, immaterial5, extraneous4, tangential3, inapposite, irrelative
- 11 letters
- unimportant4, unconnected4, impertinent4
- 12 letters
- inapplicable5, uncorrelated, unassociated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alien3 = 3 syllables).