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Definitions

neither here nor there

Part of Speech:

All (2) Adjective (1) Adverb (1)

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irrelevant adj.
unimportant adv.

ADJECTIVE

irrelevant

Synonyms

WEAK

beside the point extraneous immaterial impertinent inconsequential not connected with not germane not pertaining to off the point off the topic pointless trivial unconnected unimportant

ADVERB

unimportant

Synonyms

WEAK

beside the point immaterial impertinent inapplicable irrelevant nonessential not at issue nothing to do with the case off the subject unessential

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neither here nor there

She added that "the exact amount of maternity pay in my view is neither here nor there."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2024

He found ways of presenting human bodies in his videos that were utterly lifelike but in a kind of suspended state of neither here nor there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024

It’s not just that we don’t know where the atom is when it’s in this state, but that its position is technically not well defined — it’s neither here nor there.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024

That the songs are good to begin with — chunky, hooky, belty, dancy — is neither here nor there; they generally are, in shows like this, or there would be no audience to pander to.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

But all that was neither here nor there.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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