irrelevance

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noun

Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance.

Similar
irrelevancy
Opposite
relevance
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Meanings

nounirrelevance (countable and uncountable, plural irrelevances)

plural irrelevances

  1. countableuncountableLack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance.
    1 more example

    It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.

    2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36

    Synonyms: irrelevancy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounLack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance.

Similar
irrelevancy
Opposite
relevance

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand

Similar
irrelevancy
Opposite
relevance
Broader
unconnectedness
Also see
irrelevancy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian неуместност
  • неуместност (neumestnost)lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
Catalan irrellevància
  • irrellevàncialack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
Dutch irrelevantie
  • irrelevantielack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
Finnish epäolennaisuus, merkityksettömyys
  • epäolennaisuuslack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • merkityksettömyyslack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
French non-pertinence, insignifiance
  • non-pertinencelack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • insignifiancelack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
German Bedeutungslosigkeit, Unmaßgeblichkeit
  • Bedeutungslosigkeitlack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Unmaßgeblichkeitlack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Unbedeutendheitlack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Irrelevanzlack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
Italian irrilevanza
  • irrilevanzalack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
Norwegian Bokmål irrelevans
  • irrelevanslack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
Polish nieistotność
  • nieistotnośćlack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
Portuguese irrelevância
  • irrelevâncialack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
Romanian irelevanță
  • irelevanțălack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
Spanish irrelevancia
  • irrelevancialack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
Swedish irrelevans
  • irrelevanslack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
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Chicago

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