irrelevance
noun
ir·rel·e·vance
i-ˈre-lə-vən(t)s 
1
: the quality or state of being irrelevant
2
: something irrelevant
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the irrelevance of the comment brought conversation to a standstill
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The company started sliding into irrelevance.
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March 8, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Her fear that her professional irrelevance has come too soon—an anxiety not often explored in Hollywood’s midlife-crisis narratives—is unexpectedly affecting.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
Weisz’s antiheroine is a middle-aged professor with chronic writer’s block and mounting insecurity about her potential irrelevance, both erotic and pedagogical.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
A slow start in the next era could set the course for years of irrelevance.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
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March 8, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Her fear that her professional irrelevance has come too soon—an anxiety not often explored in Hollywood’s midlife-crisis narratives—is unexpectedly affecting.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
Weisz’s antiheroine is a middle-aged professor with chronic writer’s block and mounting insecurity about her potential irrelevance, both erotic and pedagogical.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
A slow start in the next era could set the course for years of irrelevance.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for irrelevance
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“Irrelevance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irrelevance. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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irrelevance
noun
ir·rel·e·vance
ir-ˈre-lə-vəns
1
: the quality or state of being irrelevant
2
: something that is irrelevant
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