irrelevance
noun/ɪˈreləvəns/
/ɪˈreləvəns/
(also less frequent irrelevancy
/ɪˈreləvənsi/
/ɪˈreləvənsi/
(plural irrelevancies)
)- [uncountable] lack of importance to or connection with a situation
- the irrelevance of the curriculum to children’s daily life
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- [countable, usually singular] something that is not important to or connected with a situation
- His idea was rejected as an irrelevance.
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