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irrelevancy

[ ih-rel-uh-vuhn-see ]

noun

, plural ir·rel·e·van·cies.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of irrelevancy1

First recorded in 1795–1805; ir- 2 + relevancy ( def )

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Example Sentences

Still, it is a natural fear, that we humans could shortcut ourselves right into irrelevancy.

Unable to capitalize on the PC boom that began in the mid-eighties, it also found itself largely on the outside of the portable device revolution of the aughts and drifting toward irrelevancy.

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In fact, she may have gone from a venerable fashion icon to a new irrelevancy almost overnight.

The irrelevancy of this detail gives Lætitia an excuse for waiving the cab-question, on which her position is untenable.

The very irrelevancy of the statement, coupled with her calm serenity, was appalling to the old man.

They remind us of that neutral drab which certain religious sects assume to show their own irrelevancy to the world.

“Here,” his nurse answered, with truly feminine irrelevancy.

Of what she did not say, but irrelevancy did not seem to matter.

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