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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Relevance
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Recent Examples of irrelevance
But while Russia’s trajectory toward irrelevance is all too clear, its aggressive behavior toward its neighbors (some of it clearly a sign of desperation in the Kremlin) has played into the West’s hands.
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Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
The biggest risk in this era of exploding content and endless viewing platform is irrelevance – getting lost in the noise.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
The rest will fade into irrelevance — remembered not for their art or innovation, but as cautionary tales of what happens when inclusion becomes optional.
—Kimberly S. Reed, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Clemson's slide into irrelevance has been one of the bigger stories of college football this fall.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
The biggest risk in this era of exploding content and endless viewing platform is irrelevance – getting lost in the noise.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
The rest will fade into irrelevance — remembered not for their art or innovation, but as cautionary tales of what happens when inclusion becomes optional.
—Kimberly S. Reed, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Clemson's slide into irrelevance has been one of the bigger stories of college football this fall.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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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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Instead, the general indifference shown toward its own story — or, at least, the best versions of it — comes to emphasize the emptiness at its core.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2026
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He was left with an unfamiliar emptiness.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 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 15 Jan. 2026.
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