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Irrelevant

IRREL'EVANT

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Adj.
[L. elevo, levo, to raise.] Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not serving to support. We call evidence, testimony and arguments irrelevant to a cause, when they are inapplicable to it, or do not serve so support it.

Definition 2025

irrelevant

irrelevant

English

Adjective

irrelevant ‎(comparative more irrelevant, superlative most irrelevant)

  1. Not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected.

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Translations

Danish

Adjective

irrelevant

  1. irrelevant

Inflection

Inflection of irrelevant
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular irrelevant — —2
Neuter singular irrelevant — —2
Plural irrelevante — —2
Definite attributive1 irrelevante — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Related terms

  • irrelevans

References

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

irrelevant ‎(not comparable)

  1. irrelevant

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Antonyms

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ir- +‎ relevant

Adjective

irrelevant ‎(neuter singular irrelevant, definite singular and plural irrelevante)

  1. irrelevant

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ir- +‎ relevant

Adjective

irrelevant ‎(neuter singular irrelevant, definite singular and plural irrelevante)

  1. irrelevant

References

Swedish

Adjective

irrelevant (comparative mer irrelevant, superlative mest irrelevant)

  1. irrelevant

Declension

Inflection of irrelevant
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular irrelevant mer irrelevant mest irrelevant
Neuter singular irrelevant mer irrelevant mest irrelevant
Plural irrelevanta mer irrelevanta mest irrelevanta
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 irrelevante mer irrelevante mest irrelevante
All irrelevanta mer irrelevanta mest irrelevanta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Synonyms

  • ovidkommande

Antonyms

Adverb

irrelevant (not comparable)

  1. irrelevantly

Etymology

From ir- +‎ relevant

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