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pertinence
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the fact or state of being pertinent job applicants should question the pertinence of any questions about their personal lives Synonyms applicability, bearing, connection, materiality, relevance, relevancy Related Words appositeness, appropriateness, aptness, felicitousness, fitness, fittingness, rightness, seemliness, suitability, suitableness; importance, significance; usefulness Near Antonyms inappositeness, inappropriateness, inaptness, infelicity, unfitness, unsuitability; insignificance; meaninglessness, pointlessness, uselessness Antonyms extraneousness, inapplicability, irrelevance, irrelevancy
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