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Not relevant or appropriate

irrelevant

adjective

not important or not relevant to what you are discussing or doing

inappropriate

adjective

not appropriate in a particular situation

unimportant

adjective

not important or relevant

marginal

adjective

not considered important or relevant

immaterial

adjective

not important or relevant

unrelated

adjective

not connected to a subject that you are thinking about or discussing

extraneous

adjective

not relating to the subject or situation that you are dealing with

academic

adjective

not relating to a real situation, and therefore not relevant

beside the point

not relevant or important to the subject you are discussing

neither here nor there

used for saying that something does not matter because it is not relevant

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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picture messaging

the sending of images and photographs from one mobile phone to another

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never event

an event that should never occur in a healthcare setting …

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