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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Relevance

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervenient
Adjective
  • They’re beautifully designed and thoroughly approved—but quickly irrelevant.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Wherever Detroit falls in the standings should be irrelevant Friday, though.
    Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • But these laws have not historically extended to child influencers and social media stars — leaving the influencer space largely free of guidelines and any external accountability.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The team was able to remove the external support in October and added a dental acrylic covering over the gap in the bone until late March.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • From a tense two-hander and a teen heist movie to a NSFW alien tale and a philosophical road trip from Hell, these titles played well on the big screen and deserve releases to serve the masses.
    William Earl, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Stepping outside and looking up may have been an alien concept to the corporate corridors of Lumon Industries, but Erickson shared a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the moment on Instagram.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The coroner’s office ruled the deaths accidental due to blunt force trauma.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
  • 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 16 Apr. 2025.

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