Physically incapable of rising to passionate heights of oratory, Cotta's successes were chiefly due to his searching investigation of facts; he kept strictly to the essentials of the case and avoided all irrelevant digressions.
Their confusing effect, for modern readers, is increased by a curiously irrelevant prologue.
Here also it is important to distinguish what is relevant from what is irrelevant in the line of criticism represented by these writers.
Not relevant; not pertinent; not to the point; not relating to the subject. Webster's New World. With evidence or testimony, not pertinent to the claims or defenses in the case.
If you say that something is irrelevant, you mean that it is not important to or not connected with the present situation or discussion. He either ignored questions or gave irrelevant answers. American English: irrelevant /ɪˈrɛlɪvənt/
The government decided that their testimony would be irrelevant to the case. Their old hard-won skills were irrelevant. The choice of subject matter is irrelevant.
Definition: 1. not important; 2. not related to what is being considered or discussed. Synonyms: immaterial, unnecessary, unimportant, unrelated, unconnected, impertinent.
Irrelevant behaviors are actions children take to distract you from enforcing a limit. Though often aggravating, irrelevant behavior does not actually break an established limit or rule.
The Latin root word for irrelevance is relevare, which means “raising up.” The prefix ir- means “not,” therefore if a situation does not relate to or raise your interest, it's irrelevant.
An example would be when a student failed a course and asked the teacher to give him a pass instead, because "his parents will be upset". Since grades should be given on the basis of performance, the reason being given is quite irrelevant.
We commit the fallacy of irrelevant reason (or irrelevant premise) if we offer a premise to support a conclusion when the premise is irrelevant to the conclusion. Relevance is not sufficient for premises to support a conclusion, but it is necessary.
Advantageous. It would be advantageous, but not essential, to have experience. I use "desirable" for non-esstial "nice to have" qualifications. 'Requisites' and 'elective benefits'.
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