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| far-fetched |
improbable or unlikely; exaggerated; irrelevant. |
| go off on a tangent |
to switch suddenly from a main topic or course of action to another that is irrelevant. |
| immaterial |
not having relevance or importance; irrelevant. [1/2 definitions] |
| impertinent |
not pertaining to the matter or situation at hand; irrelevant. [1/2 definitions] |
| inapplicable |
not applying or able to be applied; irrelevant; unsuitable. |
| irrelevance |
an irrelevant thing or action. [1/2 definitions] |
| loaded |
distorted by prejudice or irrelevant emotional content, as a question or assertion. [1/6 definitions] |
| neither here nor there |
irrelevant or immaterial; without significance. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| psychobabble |
(informal) talk or writing that uses the language of psychology in a superficial or irrelevant way. |
| quibble |
to raise a trivial or irrelevant objection to something. [1/3 definitions] |
| shaggy dog story |
a prolonged joke with a ridiculous or irrelevant punch line. |
| song and dance |
(informal) an effort to persuade, mislead, or deceive by an elaborate or irrelevant explanation or story. [1/2 definitions] |
| tangent |
irrelevant; diverging from the main focus of a matter. [1/5 definitions] |
| they |
used to mean "that person," especially when the gender of the referred to person is not known or is irrelevant. [1/5 definitions] |
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