Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word Not important or connected to the topic or situation at hand.
Irrelevant
/ɪˈreləvənt/Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Examples:
"No, of course not, but what I want is irrelevant."
"Incompetent, immaterial, irrelevant."
Some of the incidents seemed at the time irrelevant and unmeaning.
Etymology:
Originating from the Latin word "relevare," meaning to lift up, combined with ir- as a negation, forming the late 16th-century term irrelevant, describing something not connected or important to the matter being discussed.
Usage Statistics:
2 mentions per 1 million words 
Hint: Frequency according to COCA
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Hint: Frequency according to COCA
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