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Meaning of "irrelevant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IRRELEVANT

irrelevant  [ɪˈrɛləvənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRRELEVANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Irrelevant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES IRRELEVANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

irrelevant

Relevance

The concept of relevance is studied in many different fields, including cognitive sciences, logic, and library and information science. Most fundamentally, however, it is studied in epistemology. Different theories of knowledge have different implications for what is considered relevant and these fundamental views have implications for all other fields as well.

Definition of irrelevant in the English dictionary

The definition of irrelevant in the dictionary is not relating or pertinent to the matter at hand; not important.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IRRELEVANT


absolvent
æbˈzɒlvənt
adjuvant
ˈædʒəvənt
bondservant
ˈbɒndˌsɜːvənt
convent
ˈkɒnvənt
dissolvent
dɪˈzɒlvənt
fervent
ˈfɜːvənt
Havant
ˈhævənt
haven´t
ˈhævənt
insolvent
ɪnˈsɒlvənt
maidservant
ˈmeɪdˌsɜːvənt
manservant
ˈmænˌsɜːvənt
observant
əbˈzɜːvənt
provant
ˈprɒvənt
relevant
ˈrɛlɪvənt
resolvent
rɪˈzɒlvənt
savant
ˈsævənt
savante
ˈsævənt
servant
ˈsɜːvənt
solvent
ˈsɒlvənt
unobservant
ˌʌnəbˈzɜːvənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IRRELEVANT

irregularities
irregularity
irregularly
irrelated
irrelation
irrelative
irrelatively
irrelativeness
irrelevance
irrelevancy
irrelevantly
irrelievable
irreligion
irreligionist
irreligious
irreligiously
irreligiousness
irremeable
irremeably
irremediable

WORDS THAT END LIKE IRRELEVANT

bon vivant
ci-devant
civil servant
conservant
domestic servant
galavant
galivant
gallivant
general servant
grievant
idiot savant
inobservant
levant
nonobservant
paravant
public servant
tableau vivant
the Levant

Synonyms and antonyms of irrelevant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IRRELEVANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «irrelevant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of irrelevant

Translation of «irrelevant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IRRELEVANT

Find out the translation of irrelevant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of irrelevant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «irrelevant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不相关的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irrelevante
570 millions of speakers

English

irrelevant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अप्रासंगिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غَيْرُ مُتَّصِلٌ بِالـمَوْضُوعِ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неуместный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irrelevante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপ্রাসঙ্গিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hors de propos
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak relevan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

irrelevant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無関係な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

관계가 없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora relevan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không liên quan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொருத்தமற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असंबद्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilgisiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irrilevante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieistotny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

недоречний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

irelevant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άσχετος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

irrelevant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

irrelevant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

irrelevant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of irrelevant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IRRELEVANT»

The term «irrelevant» is very widely used and occupies the 2.265 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IRRELEVANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «irrelevant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «irrelevant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about irrelevant

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10 QUOTES WITH «IRRELEVANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word irrelevant.
1
Robert Adams
You can't talk about life without talking about politics. You have to have both. If you're just a political person, you're going to burn out. If you, as an artist, are just focused inward, you're going to eventually be irrelevant.
2
Chris Van Allsburg
Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.
3
James F. Amos
If you're not ready the moment things happen, then you're irrelevant, you might as well not go.
4
Carol Anshaw
When I started, there was more of a cultural assumption that many readers would find gay characters irrelevant or repugnant.
5
Richard Attias
Sport is a great equalizer that can build bridges, transcend borders and cultures, and render even the fiercest conflicts temporarily irrelevant.
6
Edward St Aubyn
The Booker 2011 is of no more interest to me than the world heavyweight championship, which I'm not going to win either. It's irrelevant.
7
Annie Baker
I feel like there's an obsession with pace right now in theater, with things being very fast and very witty and very loud, and I think we're all so freaked out about theater keeping audiences interested because everybody's so freaked out about theater becoming irrelevant.
8
Bryan Batt
You don't look at a painting and ask if the artist was gay or straight. I think it's irrelevant in any situation - I don't care if my garbageman is gay or straight as long as he picks up the garbage.
9
Christie Brinkley
My age has so little to do with my image of myself because at a certain point, the number just didn't fit how I felt. It has become irrelevant to me. I just don't feel like that number is representative of my spirit, of my energy or my anything!
10
Linda Chavez
The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, proves the point.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRRELEVANT»

Discover the use of irrelevant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to irrelevant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?: A Professor and a ...
Is this universe all there is? And what does it all matter? In this engaging book, Preston and Greg's actual e-mail correspondence is reproduced, along with bonus materials that provide additional background and context.
Preston Jones, 2010
2
Brand Relevance: Making Competitors Irrelevant
Branding guru Aaker shows how to eliminate the competition and become the lead brand in your market This ground-breaking book defines the concept of brand relevance using dozens of case studies-Prius, Whole Foods, Westin, iPad and more-and ...
David A. Aaker, 2010
3
Irrelevant Or Indispensable?: The United Nations in the ...
Annotation The UN is in crisis. Kofi Annan has proposed reforms to reinvigorate it and galvanize support. This book contains the responses of experts called together to assess his controversial proposals.
Paul Heinbecker, Patricia Goff, 2005
4
Blue Ocean Strategy: How To Create Uncontested Market Space ...
A landmark work that upends traditional thinking about strategy, this bestselling business book charts a bold new path to winning the future. Published by Harvard Business Review Press.
W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, 2013
5
The Bible: Irrelevant or Invaluable?: Irrelevant or Invaluable?
The Bible: Irrelevant or Invaluable? is scheduled to coincide with the release of the film sequel to The DaVinci Code and takes on the hot topics of the authority, origin, and infallibility of the Bible.
Christianity Today International, 2009
6
Age Is Irrelevant (Until You Hit 40!): Coupons to Make Your ...
Commemorate the specific milestone of going over the hill with over 50 hilarious coupons in Age is Irrelevant (Until You Hit 40!).
Regan, Patrick, 2010
7
Robustifying Regression and Classification Trees in the ...
We are mainly interested in the performance of classification trees in the presence of irrelevant variables. We see most algorithms suffer from loss of prediction accuracy, namely high misclassification rates when there are many irrelevant ...
Youngjae Chang, 2008
8
Making Borders Irrelevant in Kashmir
Minds set in concrete -- Changing attitudes -- A flexible impasse -- The potential value of making borders irrelevant -- Steps toward making borders irrelevant -- Liberalization of the travel regime -- Conclusions.
P. R. Chari, Hasan Askari Rizvi, 2008
9
How Honey Bees Learn to Ignore Irrelevant Stimuli: Are ...
Conditioned stimulus pre-exposure effect (CSPE) is one type of learning by which honey bees learn to ignore insignificant or irrelevant stimuli. Our interest for this study was to examine whether or not the reduction of nitric oxide (NO) levels ...
Joseph S. Latshaw, 2008
10
The Effect of Relevant and Irrelevant Cognitive Effort on ...
Implications for how people believe and process information are discussed.
Lauren M. Hamel, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IRRELEVANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term irrelevant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Does Britain want to fight Isil or be internationally irrelevant
I love MPs. I have worked for, and with, them for years. They know many things I don't – and I have learned a lot from listening to them. But for ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Lakhvi's voice samples irrelevant: Pak - Times Now
LeT operations commander and Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's voice samplescannot be used as evidence as there is no law in Pakistan ... «Times Now.tv, Jul 15»
3
The S Is Irrelevant: Real Madrid Sign Casilla To Replace Casillas …
Casilla has been brought in to replace former number one Iker Casillas, who left for Porto last week. READ: Casillas: I'm Committed To Porto. «360Nobs.com, Jul 15»
4
Newport Local News The Relevance of Mr. Irrelevant
Mr. Irrelevant is not so irrelevant. In fact, in my non-football terms, he is very relevant. For those of us who are a little behind the times and just ... «Newport Beach Independent Newspaper, Jul 15»
5
Why The Biggest Debate In Advertising Is Irrelevant 07/16/2015
For the last five years, advertising has hosted an ever-louder and more-vicious fight: TV versus digital spend. We've seen the weekly ... «MediaPost Communications, Jul 15»
6
Just silly or irrelevant - The Norfolk Daily News : Blogs
There the prevailing attitude seems to be this: when it comes to real life, Christianity is nothing more than silly or irrelevant. Christianity, along ... «Norfolk Daily News, Jul 15»
7
Super Data info shows how irrelevant the NPD is
The NPD has long been a primary source of information about which games are selling well. Giving info on the top of the retail charts in ... «Lazygamer, Jul 15»
8
You care about TIN? Why the Open Compute Project is irrelevant
There's a lot of angst right now over the Open Compute Project, Facebook's open-source data centre gift to the world. Some, as detailed by El ... «The Register, Jul 15»
9
'What investors want is irrelevant. You can opt out' - The Times of India
I am not taking any names here and this applies to any entrepreneur: what the investors want is irrelevant. You have an option of opting out. «Times of India, Jul 15»
10
Varsities pull rank – but it's irrelevant
Varsities pull rank – but it's irrelevant. 17 Jul 2015 00:00 Philip Machanick. It's better to choose a university based on your own criteria and not on its rating. «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»

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