ir·rel·e·van·cy

[ih-rel-uh-vuhn-see]
noun, plural ir·rel·e·van·cies.

Origin:
1795–1805; ir-2 + relevancy

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irrelevant (ɪˈrɛləvənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
not relating or pertinent to the matter at hand; not important
 
ir'relevance
 
n
 
ir'relevancy
 
n
 
ir'relevantly
 
adv

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Irrelevancy is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example sentences
After five years, biological fatherhood becomes an irrelevancy.
Fruitcakes, alas, are past the point of being merely hilarious and are perhaps
  now in grave danger of fading into irrelevancy.
Its disciplinary practice, he says, is poised on the brink of irrelevancy.
The author sets out his own position on fairness in an attempt to explain why
  he considers it to be an irrelevancy.
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