pertinent

Pertinent, here, is the one silver lining in the Abdulmutallab case: that the father reported his own son to the authorities.

But then the Survey officer had left out quite a few points which were not pertinent.

When I say impertinent, I mean not pertinent, or bearing upon any subject that I intend to discuss with him.

The detective took down all the pertinent data that Bending chose to give him, and then asked Bending to go with him to the lab.

Nothing else is pertinent to the question of justice in this transaction.

McAllister Falkins considered for a time, and put a pertinent question.