as in irrelevance
the quality or state of not having anything to do with the matter at hand
the sheer inapplicability of the comment made everyone else at the meeting stare in bewilderment
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Relevance
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irrelevance
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First, Netanyahu continues to assume that tightening the squeeze on Hamas will eventually pressure the organization to wave the white flag, demobilize and agree to exile itself into irrelevance.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025 -
Across pop music, warring fan bases lob streaming and sales statistics at each other online to prove the relevance of their fave – or the irrelevance of their rivals.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
16 July 2025
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“Inapplicability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapplicability. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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