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Recent Examples of irrelevance Anyone who knows just enough to fake it will now be automated into irrelevance. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 Iran’s footprint fades into near-irrelevance, and Russia’s once-firm hand slips into strategic ambiguity. Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 Ironically, the effort to prevent failure often leads to stagnation and, in business, stagnation is a slow path to irrelevance. Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 In other words, today’s high-performing employee risks irrelevance tomorrow unless skills are continuously built and applied. Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for irrelevance
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insignificance
Noun
  • The compositions prioritize headspace for the sky to take over the frame during exterior shots, communicating Rico’s feeling of insignificance against the immensity of what burdens him.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Without that, you'd be relegated to insignificance.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Irrelevance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrelevance. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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