as in inapplicability
the quality or state of not having anything to do with the matter at hand
the irrelevance of the comment brought conversation to a standstill
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Recent Examples of irrelevance
Her fear that her professional irrelevance has come too soon—an anxiety not often explored in Hollywood’s midlife-crisis narratives—is unexpectedly affecting.
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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
Maybe what can save them from irrelevance is a total overhaul, with software taking care of many jobs.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
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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
Maybe what can save them from irrelevance is a total overhaul, with software taking care of many jobs.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrelevance
Noun
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Defendants rely on cases that, ironically, only confirm the inapplicability of the § 1252(f)(1) bar here.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Over time, this creates a sense of emptiness, a lack of purpose and significance.—
Arthur C. Brooks
March 22,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The tens of thousands of conference attendees who surged into downtown San Jose this week provided a stark contrast to the typical daytime emptiness, and highlighted the otherwise sluggish recovery of the city’s economically vital conference and convention business.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Problems shrink into insignificance.—
Shilo Urban,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Nov. 2025
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Her difficulty lay in her distance from the random violence of insignificance.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Irrelevance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrelevance. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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