IRRELEVANTLY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

irrelevantly

adverb

Definition of irrelevantly

as in pointlessly

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Recent Examples of irrelevantly Grandma, irrelevantly but convincingly, spoke of wars, blizzards and trekking barefoot to school. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

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Adverb

These conflicts may only occasionally draw in American military forces, but the chaos will consistently demand attention and pointlessly consume resources.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Don’t be pointlessly inscrutable.

— Kim Scott, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026

Definition of pointlessly

Adverb

But Jameson is hardly the first family pet to senselessly perish at the hands of law enforcement officers who resort to deadly force far too quickly.

— Vanessa Shakib, Oc Register, 23 July 2026
All the bad and all the good are gone, senselessly ripped away from them.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026

Definition of senselessly

Adverb

The department exists to preserve some semblance of equal justice in the United States — imperfectly, haltingly, often overbearingly for some and cautiously for others — and help ensure that the nation is governed by the rule of law.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
Rather than suffering because leaders acted imperfectly, organizations often suffer because leaders waited too long to act at all.

— Irma Becerra, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of imperfectly

Adverb

In the last decade and a half, a carrousel of feuding political factions took turns governing, all inadequately.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Last year Lee was questioned by legislators after the audit found staffing shortages and process failures had left thousands of cases inadequately investigated, including serious injuries and deaths.

— Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of inadequately

Adverb

Or… 2) Miami is insufficiently impressed and spends its likely very high 2027 first-round draft pick on a QB with the clear intent for the rookie to soon replace Willis.

— Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Especially exciting to him was the German student movement, which combined support for liberation across the non-Western world with attacks on what the students considered the suffocating (and still insufficiently de-Nazified) Federal Republic.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of insufficiently

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