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irrelevance
noun [C or U] /ɪˈrel.ɪ.vəns/ (formal irrelevancy, /-vən.si/ )Definition
› the fact that something is not related to what is being discussed or considered and therefore not important, or an example of this: Sympathy is an irrelevance - we need practical help. Many of these problems may simply fade into irrelevance when the new rules come into force.Irrelevant irrelevantly
/-li/ adverb Irrelevant
(Definition of irrelevance noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a fifth/third wheel idiom
- be neither here nor there idiom
- be no object idiom
- beside preposition
- enter into sth phrasal verb
- extraneous adjective
- immaterial adjective
- irrelevant adjective
- make no odds idiom
- moot adjective (LEGAL CASE)
- nothing pronoun
- out of the picture idiom
- point noun (IDEA EXPRESSED)
- prejudice noun
- red herring noun
- unconnected adjective
- unrelated adjective
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