Irrelevant
/ɪˈreləvənt/adjective
Not related or applicable to what is going on or being discussed.
Her comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion.
Often appears as...
- completely irrelevant
- utterly irrelevant
adjective
Not important or having influence on a certain matter.
His opinion is irrelevant because he has no experience in the topic.
Often appears as...
- irrelevant opinion
- irrelevant detail
adjective
Not connected with or not affecting something.
My past mistakes are irrelevant to my current situation.
Often appears as...
- irrelevant to the matter
- irrelevant to the discussion
adjective
Not related or applicable to what is going on or being discussed.
Her comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion.
Often appears as...
- completely irrelevant
- utterly irrelevant
adjective
Not important or having influence on a certain matter.
His opinion is irrelevant because he has no experience in the topic.
Often appears as...
- irrelevant opinion
- irrelevant detail
adjective
Not connected with or not affecting something.
My past mistakes are irrelevant to my current situation.
Often appears as...
- irrelevant to the matter
- irrelevant to the discussion
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Contextual Irrelevance
Consider the subject of discussion; 'irrelevant' describes something unrelated to it.
Talking about football is irrelevant during a cooking class.
Pro Tip 2/2Conversation Misstep
Using 'irrelevant' suggests a person's input does not contribute to the topic at hand.
Jane's focus on past budgets seemed irrelevant during the new project meeting.
Compare with
extraneousimmaterialimportantinapplicableirreverentmeaninglesspointlesssignificantunrelated
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How big is infinity? -...
Some of the greatest mathematicians of Cantor's day were very upset with this stuff. They tried to make these different infinities irrelevant, to make mathematics work without them somehow. Cantor was even vilified personally, and it got so bad for him that he suffered severe depression, and spent the last half of his life in and out of mental institutions.
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The psychology behind...
Even though the clearly wrong information in the initial questions should have been irrelevant, it still affected the students' estimates. This is an example of the anchoring effect, and it's often used in marketing and negotiations to raise the prices that people are willing to pay.
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Andrew Skurka: Trekking...
said in the introduction feeling like I could have been the last person on the earth that the outside world was fairly irrelevant it didn't it didn't matter that I was a human or that my name was Andrew skorca I was just I was out there completely self dependent on myself and
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Who was Confucius? -...
Though the ancient texts there were regarded by some as irrelevant relics of the past, Confucius was inspired by them. Through study and reflection, Confucius came to believe that human character is formed in the family and by education in ritual, literature, and history.
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The benefits of a...
and potentially strengthened, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. This is the part of the brain that plays a large role in executive function, problem solving, switching between tasks, and focusing while filtering out irrelevant information.
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How to escape...
Every student who drops out of school has a reason for it which is rooted in their own biography. They may find it boring. They may find it irrelevant. They may find that it's at odds with the life they're living outside of school.
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Four reasons you should...
actually occurs and if these regards the silent risks that don't that are not fit for the headlines the results you constantly walk around with the wrong risk map in your head number 2 News are mostly irrelevant an average person
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John Bohannon: Dance vs....
To borrow a concept from my country's CIA, it helps you to soften up your audience. It distracts them with pretty pictures, irrelevant data. It allows you to create the illusion of competence, the illusion of simplicity,
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Nationalism vs....
is now largely irrelevant, and the real divide today is between global and national, global or local. And you see it again all over the world that this is now the main struggle.
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Penguins Huddle To Keep...
icy footholds are irrelevant of course to birds that fly storm petrols and fairy prions can simply rest on the unremitting southern winds
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How big is infinity? -...
Some of the greatest mathematicians of Cantor's day were very upset with this stuff. They tried to make these different infinities irrelevant, to make mathematics work without them somehow. Cantor was even vilified personally, and it got so bad for him that he suffered severe depression, and spent the last half of his life in and out of mental institutions.
Video examples
The psychology behind...
Even though the clearly wrong information in the initial questions should have been irrelevant, it still affected the students' estimates. This is an example of the anchoring effect, and it's often used in marketing and negotiations to raise the prices that people are willing to pay.
Video examples
Andrew Skurka: Trekking...
said in the introduction feeling like I could have been the last person on the earth that the outside world was fairly irrelevant it didn't it didn't matter that I was a human or that my name was Andrew skorca I was just I was out there completely self dependent on myself and
Video examples
Who was Confucius? -...
Though the ancient texts there were regarded by some as irrelevant relics of the past, Confucius was inspired by them. Through study and reflection, Confucius came to believe that human character is formed in the family and by education in ritual, literature, and history.
Video examples
The benefits of a...
and potentially strengthened, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. This is the part of the brain that plays a large role in executive function, problem solving, switching between tasks, and focusing while filtering out irrelevant information.
Video examples
How to escape...
Every student who drops out of school has a reason for it which is rooted in their own biography. They may find it boring. They may find it irrelevant. They may find that it's at odds with the life they're living outside of school.
Video examples
Four reasons you should...
actually occurs and if these regards the silent risks that don't that are not fit for the headlines the results you constantly walk around with the wrong risk map in your head number 2 News are mostly irrelevant an average person
Video examples
John Bohannon: Dance vs....
To borrow a concept from my country's CIA, it helps you to soften up your audience. It distracts them with pretty pictures, irrelevant data. It allows you to create the illusion of competence, the illusion of simplicity,
Video examples
Nationalism vs....
is now largely irrelevant, and the real divide today is between global and national, global or local. And you see it again all over the world that this is now the main struggle.
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Penguins Huddle To Keep...
icy footholds are irrelevant of course to birds that fly storm petrols and fairy prions can simply rest on the unremitting southern winds
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
Any female who thinks that she needs a female in front of her in order to learn as much as she can, or to envision a career in a particular field, has declared herself a follower rather than a pioneer - and a follower based on a characteristic irrelevant to intellectual achievement.
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Farah Khan
Indian Director
For the audience, actors carry out specific roles of men and women through the character that they play out on screen. The director on the other hand is not doing a gender-specific job. So, it is irrelevant if the person who makes a particular film is a man or a woman.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young.
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Jody Williams
American Activist
I believe that worrying about the problems plaguing our planet without taking steps to confront them is absolutely irrelevant. The only thing that changes this world is taking action.
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John Mackey
American Businessman
One of the sad things about retiring is that you just become increasingly irrelevant. The world flows around you, and you don't seem to be impacting it any longer.
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Ethan Hawke
American Actor
I think that if you walk through this life and I end up being a bad father, then it won't matter anything else I achieved in my life. It will all be irrelevant.
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Genesis P-Orridge
English Musician
The gender is irrelevant; the identity is the one you should try and create for yourself by yourself, and the narrative of your own life becomes your own book.
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Edgar Allan Poe
American Poet
Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
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Henry Paulson
American Public Servant
I've always said, 'I don't want to be irrelevant.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!
Quote examples
Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
Any female who thinks that she needs a female in front of her in order to learn as much as she can, or to envision a career in a particular field, has declared herself a follower rather than a pioneer - and a follower based on a characteristic irrelevant to intellectual achievement.
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Farah Khan
Indian Director
For the audience, actors carry out specific roles of men and women through the character that they play out on screen. The director on the other hand is not doing a gender-specific job. So, it is irrelevant if the person who makes a particular film is a man or a woman.
Quote examples
Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young.
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Jody Williams
American Activist
I believe that worrying about the problems plaguing our planet without taking steps to confront them is absolutely irrelevant. The only thing that changes this world is taking action.
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John Mackey
American Businessman
One of the sad things about retiring is that you just become increasingly irrelevant. The world flows around you, and you don't seem to be impacting it any longer.
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Ethan Hawke
American Actor
I think that if you walk through this life and I end up being a bad father, then it won't matter anything else I achieved in my life. It will all be irrelevant.
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Genesis P-Orridge
English Musician
The gender is irrelevant; the identity is the one you should try and create for yourself by yourself, and the narrative of your own life becomes your own book.
Quote examples
Edgar Allan Poe
American Poet
Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
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Henry Paulson
American Public Servant
I've always said, 'I don't want to be irrelevant.
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