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irrelevant, a.|ɪˈrɛlɪvənt|
[f. ir-2 + relevant: cf. OF. irrelevant legally inadmissible, not helping to an issue. (A frequent blunder is irrevalent.)]
Not relevant or pertinent to the case; not to the purpose; that does not apply: said orig. of evidence or arguments.
fallacy of the irrelevant conclusion = ignoratio elenchi: see ignoration 3.
1786Burke W. Hastings Wks. XI. 455 All or most of which [depositions] were of an irregular and irrelevant nature, and not fit or decent to be taken by a British magistrate. 1789Belsham Ess. II. xl. 505 They are manifestly irrevalent, and totally foreign to the..argument. 1799Mrs. J. West Tale of Times I. 152 The above observation..is..irrelevant to the case before us. 1823Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Poor Relation, A Poor Relation..is the most irrelevant thing in nature. 1838Thirlwall Greece xxxii. IV. 239 He enters into a history of his early life, which..is wholly irrelevant to the proper question. 1877E. R. Conder Bas. Faith ii. 79 No accumulation of facts can establish an irrelevant conclusion. 1883Law Rep. 11 Queen's Bench Div. 595 The words complained of..were irrelevant to the proceedings before the police court.
Hence iˈrrelevantly adv., in an irrelevant manner, not to the purpose.
1818in Todd. 1821Lamb Elia Ser. i. All Fools' Day, It will come in most irrelevantly and impertinently seasonable to the time of day. 1894Chicago Advance 18 Jan., ‘I suppose Mr. Morrison has returned’, she remarked, rather irrelevantly, as it seemed to Maud. |