English

Noun

irrelevance ‎(countable and uncountable, plural irrelevances)

1. Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance.
   • 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:

     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.

Synonyms

• irrelevancy

Antonyms

• relevance

Related terms

• irrelevant

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