gave a wide berth (verb) shun: avoid, ignore
Sinonime: extraneous, foreign, garbage, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inappurtenant, inapropos, inapt, inconsequent,
inconsequential,
insignificant, not connected with, not germane, not pertaining to, off the point, off the topic, out of order, out of place,
outside,
pointless, remote,
trivial, unapt, unconnected,
unimportant,
unnecessary, unrelated, without reference
Antonime: appropriate,
necessary,
pertinent, related, relevant