irrelevant.

Not connected to the matter being considered in a useful or significant way.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• irrelevant detail
• irrelevant evidence

On the page

The detail was interesting but irrelevant to the claim.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more irrelevant; superlative most irrelevant when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, qualification. Commonness: moderately common.