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Definitions

neither here nor there

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

Example Sentences

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“We need to be vigilant about potential foreign interference ... Whatever statements may have been made by some foreign official are neither here nor there. We’re Canadian. We have our own set of laws. We will follow them,” Mendicino said.

From The Guardian

“We need to be vigilant about potential foreign interference … Whatever statements may have been made by some foreign official are neither here nor there. We’re Canadian. We have our own set of laws. We will follow them,” Mendicino said.

From Seattle Times

I come not from rural Ireland, but from a farm in rural Canada, and I can relate to the bones of Heaney’s life and work: a laboring family, a father busy with farm chores, finding oneself slightly outside the local culture, belonging neither here nor there.

From Washington Post

There is something about growing up on the border that cultivates an allegiance to the in-between, the neither here nor there, the liminal spaces.

From Los Angeles Times

OK, maybe "Happy New Year," but that's neither here nor there.

From Salon