as in irrelevant
not being a vital part of or belonging to something
he painted his landscapes for self-fulfillment, regarding financial rewards as supervenient to his reason for doing them
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervenient
Adjective
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But Trump, from his first weeks in office, has instead threatened to render Congress almost irrelevant.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025 -
The constant pressure to fit into society’s molds has become irrelevant.—
Erin McGregor,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Although skills can be learned through both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, intrinsic learning often leads to deeper, more lasting knowledge.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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This refers to a call spread where the in-the-money call has the same extrinsic value as the out-of-the-money call.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Moxley's championship reign was marked by lengthy, atypical promos, some hinting at an external figure's involvement with the group, a subplot that ultimately lacked resolution.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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They will not be persuaded by external pressure but by what drew them toward Beijing in the first place: self-interest.—
MATIAS SPEKTOR,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The general manager gave investigators the man’s personnel file at the company that included an allegedly fake alien registration card and Social Security number.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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All the while each vignette feels simultaneously familiar and alien, at once classically old-fashioned and brazenly unorthodox.—
Sezin Devi Keohler,
EW.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The coroner’s office ruled the deaths accidental due to blunt force trauma.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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In another show, with a lesser writer, such incongruities could be read as character inconsistencies, accidental oversights, mistakes.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Supervenient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervenient. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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