unrelevantadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛlᵻv(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛləv(ə)nt/ = irrelevant adj.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] > irrelevant
foreigna1393
unpertinentc1400
impertinentc1450
peregrine1532
far-fet1533
exorbitant1534
unrelevant1558
stravagant1565
fremd1581
unappliable1588
misapplied1596
immaterial1598
far-fetched1607
misdevoted1623
unappertaining1645
irrelativea1657
inapposite1661
unconcerned1683
scandalous1750
uncentral1782
irrelevant1786
tangent1787
inappertinent1814
unappropriate1818
tangential1867
1558 in T. C. Wade Acta Curiae Admirallatus Scotiae (1937) 76 As to the lastis of the said allegeance the samyn suld be repellit as..unrelevand.
1650 in J. Davidson Inverurie & Earldom of Garioch (1878) 313 The excuses always be[ing] found unrelevant.
1898 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. 6/5 The name of Mowgli..fits him extremely ill and was selected as the result of an entirely unrelevant emotion not shared, so far as known, by the dog himself.
1969 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 20 Jan. 8/1 It is too bad that history has come to be regarded so popularly these days as ‘unrelevant’.
2006 I. Arce in H. Kennedy Muslim Mil. Archit. Greater Syria 28 This inscription (due to its importance) seems very unlikely to be coming from such a small and politically unrelevant site.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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