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irrelevance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | irrelevancy |
| Type of | unconnectedness |
| Has types | immateriality, inapplicability |
| Derivation | irrelevant |
Examples of irrelevance
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But these last few weeks, that accidental background has faded into irrelevance.
From the independent.co.uk
His job now will be to make Friday's mistake an irrelevance come Sunday evening.
From the independent.co.uk
In some ways, the US, in making Bin Laden a martyr, rescued him from irrelevance.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Watching sports where foreigners play is an irrelevance of ill-afforded luxury.
From the independent.co.uk
The Confederations Cup may seem like an irrelevance, but don't tell the Iraqis.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
In the face of their own scheduled irrelevance, they've kept calm and carried on.
From the independent.co.uk
I practically applauded at the complete irrelevance of the cards to the action.
From the guardian.co.uk
Insurance companies are jacking up rates in the race to hasten their irrelevance.
From the kentucky.com
Too often this thinking has implied that lack of measurement implies irrelevance.
From the businessweek.com
- The lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
- (irrelevant) having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "an irrelevant comment"; "irrelevant allegations"
- Relevance describes how pertinent, connected, or applicable something is to a given matter. A thing is relevant if it serves as a means to a given purpose. Imagine a patient suffering a well-defined disease such as scurvy caused by lack of vitamin C. ...
- Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance
- (irrelevant) not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected
- (irrelevant) Evidence not sufficiently related to the matter in issue.
- (IRRELEVANT) Evidence which is not important to the case and which will not tend to prove or disprove any of the issues.
- (Irrelevant) Not material. Irrelevancy forms the basis of an objection to the introduction of evidence asserting that the proposed evidence is not connected to the issue being decided.
