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irrelevance

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ir·rel·e·vance  (-rl-vns)
n.
1. The quality or state of being unrelated to a matter being considered.
2. Something unrelated to a matter being considered.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.irrelevance - the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
irrelevancy
unconnectedness - the lack of a connection between things
inapplicability - irrelevance by virtue of being inapplicable to the matter at hand
immateriality - complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration
relevance, relevancy - the relation of something to the matter at hand
irrelevance or irrelevancy
noun inappropriateness, inapplicability, inaptness, unconnectedness, pointlessness, non sequitur, inconsequence, extraneousness, inappositeness << OPPOSITE relevance
Translations
irrelevance [ɪˈrɛləvəns] n → irrelevancia
irrelevance [ɪˈrɛləvəns] n → manque m de rapport or d'à-propos
irrelevance [ɪˈrɛləvəns] n → Irrelevanz f
irrelevance [ɪˈrɛləvəns] n → inappropriatezza


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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.
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Letterblair must have told her of his coming; but the irrelevance of her next remark made him change his mind.
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That he should be regarded as a suitor to herself would have seemed to her a ridiculous irrelevance.
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