irrelevant

Example Sentences

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And important science does not become irrelevant on the scale of years.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

This was a sport that everyone loved to pick on for being increasingly irrelevant, and now we’re arguing about a ridiculous non-event before the schedule has started.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

But in the long term, it may be irrelevant.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

The investigation found Police Scotland did not ensure there were sufficient safeguards in place to prevent access to irrelevant information.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The fact that most of the evidence in support of any disparity had since been discredited was deemed irrelevant; what mattered was whether the law had seemed rational at the time it was adopted.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander