Irrelevant response

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Irrelevant response is a disconfirming response in which one communicator's comments bear no relationship to the previous speaker's ideas.

Definition

According to Looking Out, Looking In by Adler, Proctor (15th edition),

Irrelevant response. A disconfirming response in which one communicator's comments bear no relationship to the previous speaker's ideas.