neither here nor there

Adjective

Meaning

neither here nor there

(idiomatic) Having no influence or significance on the issue at hand.
Synonyms: beside the point, betwixt and between, immaterial, impertinent, irrelevant, unimportant, unrelated
Antonyms: germane, important, pertinent, related, relevant
The fact that pledges willingly submit themselves to hazing is neither here nor there, and any organization that engages in hazing will lose its charter.

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Synonyms

tangential immaterial irrelevant beside the point

Antonyms

material apropos relative pointed pertinent germane
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Examples

The Philippines is in a strategic position. It is both East and West, right and left, rich and poor. We are neither here nor there. Imelda Marcos

Alike for those who for To-day prepare, And those that after some To-morrow stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries "Fools! your Reward is neither Here nor There." Omar Khayyám

But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it. Laurence Sterne

'Tis neither here nor there. William Shakespeare

I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there. A. N. Wilson

I don't understand capri pants. They seem like neither here nor there. Jesse Eisenberg

Close letter words and terms

neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring neither gain nor lose neither gain nor lose money neither hide nor hair neither one neither this nor that