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irrelative

American  
[ih-rel-uh-tiv] / ɪˈrɛl ə tɪv /

adjective

  1. not relative; without relation (usually followed byto ).

  2. not pertinent; irrelevant.


irrelative British  
/ ɪˈrɛlətɪv /

adjective

  1. unrelated

  2. a rare word for irrelevant

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Other Word Forms

  • irrelatively adverb
  • irrelativeness noun

Etymology

Origin of irrelative

First recorded in 1630–40; ir- 2 + relative

Example Sentences

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I am interested for example in learning that such a “personality” trait as fear of the dark exists irrelative to patterns of child-rearing in the Mato Grosso or in Denver, Colorado.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 25, 2019

If A did not so exclude B, something of B would be found in A, and we could no longer speak of the two elements as irrelative.

From The Reform of Education by Gentile, Giovanni

But the concept itself of the multiplicity of irrelative elements is an absurd one.

From The Reform of Education by Gentile, Giovanni

The demonstrated constitution of the vertebrate endoskeleton as a series of essentially similar segments appeared to me to illustrate the law of irrelative repetition.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

The absolute, irrelative particle primarily created by the Volition of God, must have been in a condition of positive normality, or rightfulness—for wrongfulness implies relation.

From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Poe, Edgar A.