pertinent
adjective
pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant.
unpertinent
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a word derived from
pertinent.
Example Sentences
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"There are many unpertinent Witlings at Will's, that's certain; but then your Retailers of Politicks, or of second-hand Wit at Tom's, are ten times more intolerable."
From The Present State of Wit (1711) In a Letter to a Friend in the Country by John Gay
"Then 'twas very unpertinent for him to say so!"
From Dotty Dimple at Play by Sophie May
