irrelevant
Not to the purpose
Irrelevant means not connected to or bearing on the matter at hand.
Evidence is irrelevant if it doesn't pertain to the case.
A detail is irrelevant if it doesn't affect the outcome: Your personal feelings are irrelevant to the decision.
Something can also be irrelevant in the sense of unimportant or outdated: Print media has become increasingly irrelevant.
Lacking significance or weight
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- negligibleToo small to consider
- triflingOf no real importance
minor · petty · unimportant · frivolous · paltry · nugatory · piddling · immaterial
Willful lack of attention
- ignoreRefuse to notice
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- dismissSend away or reject
- discountReduced price offered
brush off · set aside · wave away · tune out · pass over · skip · bypass · shelve
Not joined or linked
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- extraneousNot pertinent or essential
- foreignFrom another nation
- alienNon-native being
unassociated · independent · separate · disparate · disjointed · inapposite · detached · removed
Line touching curve once
- digressionVeering off topic
- asideBrief theatrical digression
- non sequiturIllogical conclusion or remark
- diversionRedirection of attention
rambling · meandering · discursive · parenthetical · sidebar · deflection · detour · excursus
Not essential or required
- redundantExceeding what's needed
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- excessSurplus beyond need
- spareHeld in reserve
unneeded · gratuitous · dispensable · expendable · nonessential · optional · extra · supplementary
Disprove by argument
- refuteProve something untrue
- counterargumentPoint challenging another's position
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- objectionExpression of disapproval
rebuttal · refutation · controvert · dispute · contest · challenge · contradict · disprove
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- negligibleToo small to consider
trifling · minor · petty · unimportant · frivolous · paltry · nugatory · piddling · immaterial · beside the point
disregard
Willful lack of attention
discount · brush off · set aside · wave away · tune out · pass over · skip · bypass · shelve · table
unconnected
Not joined or linked
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- extraneousNot pertinent or essential
- foreignFrom another nation
alien · unassociated · independent · separate · disparate · disjointed · inapposite · detached · removed · outside
tangent
Line touching curve once
- digressionVeering off topic
- asideBrief theatrical digression
- non sequiturIllogical conclusion or remark
diversion · rambling · meandering · discursive · parenthetical · sidebar · deflection · detour · excursus · wandering
unnecessary
Not essential or required
spare · unneeded · gratuitous · dispensable · expendable · nonessential · optional · extra · supplementary · unwarranted
rebut
Disprove by argument
- refuteProve something untrue
- counterargumentPoint challenging another's position
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
objection · rebuttal · refutation · controvert · dispute · contest · challenge · contradict · disprove · debunk
- Insignificant thingstrivial, minor, small, tiny, negligible
- futilefutile, useless, pointless, fruitless, vain
- nonessentialunnecessary, unneeded, nonessential, inessential, dispensable
- smallnesssmall, little, tiny, mini, miniature
- U-wordsugly, ultimate, ultra, umbrella, unable
- prioritypriority, top priority, high priority, low-priority, first priority
irrelevantsignificant
Having notable importance
important · meaningful · consequential · material · substantial
irrelevantapplicable
Able to be used
useful · appropriate · suitable · fit · serviceable
- irrelevant termsUnrelated to the matter
irrelevance, irrelevancy, irrelevantly, irrelevancies, irrelevances