as in irrelevance
the quality or state of not having anything to do with the matter at hand
the extraneousness of the commentators' remarks became more pronounced as the broadcast dragged on
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
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irrelevance
Noun
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The surest sign, perhaps, of the business’s increasing irrelevance is its dependence on the kind of social-media star power its gatekeepers still don’t fully understand.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025 -
From the rise of the internet to the smartphone boom, companies that failed to adapt faded into irrelevance.—
Jill Standish,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Extraneousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extraneousness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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