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tangential
01
not or barely relevant to something
02
referring to a line or motion that just touches the surface of an object at a single point
Example
His comments about vacation plans were tangential to the discussion on budget cuts.
The speaker’s tangential remarks diverted the conversation away from the main topic.
The novel’s tangential subplots sometimes distracted from the main storyline.
The article had some tangential information that was unrelated to the central thesis.
His tangential observations during the meeting were interesting but not relevant to the agenda.
