The meaning of IRRELEVANT is not relevant : inapplicable. How to use irrelevant in a sentence.

However, the effects may be regarded as slight enough to be irrelevant, with no practical importance.

If you say that something is irrelevant, you mean that it is not important in a situation. Their old hard-won skills were irrelevant. The choice of subject matter is irrelevant.

Definition of irrelevant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

These adjectives mean not pertinent to the subject under consideration: ignored irrelevant comments during the discussion; a question extraneous to the topic of the presentation; an objection that was …

5 days ago · irrelevant (comparative more irrelevant, superlative most irrelevant) His comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion. We need to focus on the main topic and ignore irrelevant …

IRRELEVANT definition: not relevant; not applicable or pertinent. See examples of irrelevant used in a sentence.

Irrelevant definition: Unrelated to the matter being considered.

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025 ir•rel•e•vant /ɪˈrɛləvənt/ adj. not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: The complaints raised against the proposal …

His comment is completely irrelevant. Her comments were irrelevant to our discussion. He talked about the weather and other irrelevancies. He talked irrelevantly about the weather.