not germane

The association’s promotion of an article on the effects of student loan debt on young lawyers was not germane, the court found.

That just fundamentally, the concept of removing all personal information because it's not germane to the science in this example is a little rigid to me.

“We’ve long known that Hermes’s gender is not germane to the story in any way,” Chavkin said in a recent phone interview.

Jarrett, the faculty dean, pushed back against the assertion that Katz’s views were the catalyst for the investigation in a November report on the probe, saying “the current political climate of the university, whether perceived or real, is not germane to the case.”

“I have considered Professor Katz’s claim and have determined that the current political climate of the university, whether perceived or real, is not germane to the case, nor does it play a role in my recommendation,” Dr. Jarrett wrote.