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Irrelevant or irreverent: different meanings and tones

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Use irrelevant when information does not belong in the current discussion. Use irreverent when a remark, style, or person shows too little respect for something serious or respected.

The chair asked the speaker to leave out irrelevant details, but she laughed at his irreverent imitation of the old ceremony.
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