Synonyms of irrelevancy

irrelevancy

noun

as in irrelevance

Related Words

• irrelevance
• inapplicability
• insignificance
• unfitness
• unsuitability
• infelicity
• extraneousness
• inappropriateness
• meaninglessness
• inaptness
• pointlessness
• uselessness
• inappositeness

Dissimilar Words

• relevance
• relevancy
• applicability
• bearing
• connection
• pertinence
• materiality
• suitability
• appropriateness
• importance
• fitness
• significance
• rightness
• aptness
• seemliness
• suitableness
• appositeness
• fittingness
• felicitousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of irrelevancy

Each player selected on Friday provides a building block for a franchise intent on digging itself out of irrelevancy, though questions remain around Las Vegas’s skill players entering the final day of the draft. — Sam Warren, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026

While much of those streaming sales were non-sports commitments, the flow of ad dollars away from linear TV will accelerate as the primetime entertainment properties continue to sag under the weight of their cultural irrelevancy. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026

While Shashouda says the stereotype was always false, Swift’s engagement also proves its irrelevancy. — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025

While president of basketball operations Jeff Peterson hasn’t been known to work the phones on draft night, Charlotte’s front office is taking an opportunistic approach to emerge from NBA irrelevancy. — Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2025