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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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

Playing the game in front of 50,000 of their own - and none of Celtic's - was neither here nor there.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2023

I could go on, but that’s neither here nor there.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2022

But all that was neither here nor there.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor