Meaning | Having no bearing on or connection with the subject / subject / subject at issue. |
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Examples | - "an irrelevant comment"
- "irrelevant allegations"
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Narrower | digressive, tangential | Of superficial relevance if any |
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extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal | not pertinent to the matter under consideration / consideration |
inapplicable, unsuitable | not capable of being applied |
moot | Of no legal significance (as having been previously decided) |
Opposite | relevant | Having a bearing on or connection with the subject / subject / subject at issue |
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Spanish | inválido, irrelevante |
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Catalan | invàlid, irrellevant |
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Nouns | irrelevance, irrelevancy | the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand |
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Adverbs | irrelevantly | in an irrelevant manner |
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