irrelevant
/ɪˈɹɛləvənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not relevant, as
adj
Not relevant, as:
adj
Not relevant, as:
Example Sentences
- "His comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin ir- English ir- English relevant English irrelevant From ir- + relevant.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more irrelevant (comparative)
most irrelevant (superlative)