How to Use irrelevant in a Sentence

irrelevant

adjective
  • His comment is completely irrelevant.
  • What is a mock draft if not a reading of irrelevant tea leaves?
    — Joe Freeman, OregonLive.com, 1 June 2017
  • But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.
    — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 29 June 2023
  • But whether butts fill seats is irrelevant.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But that was irrelevant against one of the least guardable jump shots of all time.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The justice of any protest's cause is irrelevant to the virus.
    — Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 4 June 2020
  • The bet is that new, clean stuff will make the old, dirty stuff harmless or irrelevant.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 2 Dec. 2022
  • But that talent would be irrelevant if the songs weren't strong.
    — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Both plays went the other way from him, but that’s irrelevant.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Aug. 2021
  • To lose our grip on what matters and what’s irrelevant.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The precinct is kind of irrelevant.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
  • These virtues are not irrelevant relics.
    — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The matchup wasn’t ideal – right on right – but that was irrelevant.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Of course, that doesn’t mean that all borders are irrelevant.
    — Yasmin Khan, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 June 2021
  • Goals set at the beginning of the year are irrelevant by the third week of the year.
    — Marcus Buckingham, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2022
  • But at the same time, the actual truth in all of this is irrelevant.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The result of the bet is irrelevant, as this bonus will convey win or lose.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 8 June 2022
  • The best part is that the outcome of your initial bet is irrelevant.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The now-irrelevant Mike Pence still knows how to get back in the news.
    — Scott Greer, Washington Post, 11 June 2026
  • For many lured in by the meme, Salt Bae’s menu is irrelevant.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 9 Sep. 2022
  • As long as the mass, charge, and spin are the same, the history is irrelevant.
    — Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The process of the trade seemed to make some sense at the time for the irrelevant Giants.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • But the lawsuit argued that what, or who, was to blame was irrelevant.
    — Scott Sonner, Star Tribune, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The fact that carbon-free power plants are in the mix is, then, irrelevant.
    — William Baldwin, Forbes, 12 May 2021
  • That the six-time All-Star wasn’t his best self is irrelevant.
    — Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, 23 June 2017
  • No one wants to think about being replaced; no one wants to feel irrelevant in their own lives.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
  • The standards by which art and artists are judged has become irrelevant.
    — Armond White, National Review, 15 Jan. 2020
  • This is irrelevant since college sports programs are not for sale (for now).
    — Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • That’s not to say that Facebook was irrelevant to the protests.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2018
  • Because at the end of the day, Black lives aren’t irrelevant.
    — Fortune, 18 June 2022

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