irrelevance

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irrelevance

noun irrelevances

  1. countable, uncountable Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance. It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment

    Similar: irrelevancy

Opposite: relevance

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noun

Opposite: relevance

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noun lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance

Españolirrelevancia
Portuguêsirrelevância
Françaisnon-pertinence, insignifiance
DeutschBedeutungslosigkeit, Unmaßgeblichkeit, Unbedeutendheit, Irrelevanz
Italianoirrilevanza
Românăirelevanță

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@misc{irrelevance_2026,
  title = {irrelevance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/irrelevance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}