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irrelevance |
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irrelevance irrelevancy noun inappropriateness, inapplicability, inaptness, unconnectedness, pointlessness, non sequitur, inconsequence, extraneousness, inappositeness the utter irrelevance of the debate relevance, suitability, appropriateness, aptness, pertinence, appositeness, point, consequence Translations irrelevance [ɪˈreləvəns] N → irrelevancia f, intrascendencia f it highlighted the irrelevance of the project to the local community → puso de relieve lo intrascendente del proyecto para la comunidad local they dismiss religion as an irrelevance → rechazan la religión como algo irrelevante or intrascendente irrelevance [ɪˈrɛlɪvəns] n [remark] → absence m de pertinence to be an irrelevance (= unimportant) → être dénué de pertinence The Commonwealth is an irrelevance: we are a Pacific country → Le Commonwealth est un concept dénué de pertinence: nous sommes un pays du Pacifique. irrelevance, irrelevancy n → Irrelevanz f no pl; (of details also) → Unwesentlichkeit f, → Nebensächlichkeit f; (of titles, individuals) → Bedeutungslosigkeit f; his speech was full of irrelevancies → vieles in seiner Rede war irrelevant or nebensächlich or unwesentlich; it’s become something of an irrelevance → es ist ziemlich irrelevant geworden; she dismissed his opinions as an irrelevance → sie tat seine Ansichten als irrelevant or belanglos ab How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It was striking of the children, at all events, to kiss me inveterately with a kind of wild irrelevance and never to fail--one or the other-- of the precious question that had helped us through many a peril. Letterblair must have told her of his coming; but the irrelevance of her next remark made him change his mind. That he should be regarded as a suitor to herself would have seemed to her a ridiculous irrelevance. |
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