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Irrelevant To: Standard Pattern

Irrelevant To: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.

Quick answer

Use “irrelevant to” before the person, thing, subject, or situation to which something has no meaningful connection.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termsirrelevant to

Further guidance

Construction

Use “irrelevant to” before the person, thing, subject, or situation to which something has no meaningful connection.

Style Boundary

Cambridge directly documents “irrelevant to”; the guide does not broaden that evidence into unrelated complement rules.

Sources and evidence

Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.

  1. irrelevant to — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Direct dictionary evidence for the construction “irrelevant to someone/something”.

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