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Common collocations with irrelevant in American Collocation

irrelevant adjective

US /ɪˈreləvənt/

completely

absolutely
completely
entirely
quite
simply
totally
utterly
wholly

It’s true, but completely irrelevant to the discussion.

mostly or almost

almost
increasingly
largely
mostly
often
practically
virtually

The output of academic research is considered as mostly irrelevant to the real world of marketing.

rather

fairly
pretty
rather
somewhat

We now read this letter as an interesting but somewhat irrelevant piece of history.

basically

basically
essentially
ultimately

In science the individual scientist is basically irrelevant.

apparently

apparently
seemingly

People were put off by the number of seemingly irrelevant questions you had to answer.

appear
be
become
consider something
deem something
prove
regard something as
seem

In the age of the internet, distance is becoming irrelevant.

The actual text of an advertisement is often considered irrelevant.

not interesting

boring
dull
uninteresting

Is the Bible boring and irrelevant to children today?

wrong or false

erroneous
false
inaccurate
unsubstantiated
untrue

You need to be wary of false or irrelevant information on the Internet.

old-fashioned

dated
obsolete
outdated
out-dated
outmoded
out-of-date

Has public ownership become outdated and irrelevant?

not helpful or useful

meaningless
redundant
superfluous
unhelpful
unnecessary
useless

He took out his phone and made a series of totally irrelevant and unnecessary calls.

not important

immaterial
inconsequential
superficial
trivial
unimportant

The students are warned not to ask trivial or irrelevant questions.