In a sentence
Six example sentences with irrelevant, each labelled with its topic.
The judge ruled the witness opinion of the defendant's clothing irrelevant and instructed the jury to disregard it.
Law
Half the stats on the character sheet are irrelevant to a stealth build, though the tutorial never says so.
Gaming
Whether the founder studied abroad is irrelevant to a forecast of next year output, however often journalists mention it.
Economics
For the utilitarian, the motive is irrelevant; only the outcome of the act counts in the tally.
Philosophy
The star's scoring average became irrelevant once the team lost, since nobody remembers who led a first round exit.
Basketball
The user's browser was irrelevant to the bug, which turned out to live in the server's date handling.
Technology
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Found in these word lists
Found in 5 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
Each source is a published word list that contains irrelevant. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.