irrelevance

American  

[ih-rel-uh-vuhns] / ɪˈrɛl ə vəns /

noun

1. the quality or condition of being irrelevant.

2. an irrelevant thing, act, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of irrelevance

1840–50; ir- ² + relevance ( def. ); relevant ( def. )

Example Sentences

“If the party and the party organization continues to focus on conspiracy, backward looking, fringe ideas, fringe policies, then again it will have completed its path to irrelevance,” Watson said.

From Seattle Times

Moe’s firing led to the indignities of irrelevance that, it could be argued, have bled into today.

From Seattle Times

Specifically, the illustrations for the backyard birdwatching article in the March 23 Local Living section were a hodgepodge of irrelevance and misinformation.

From Washington Post

Unlike succeeding Intel leaders who rebutted predictions of Moore’s Law’s demise, Moore predicted its irrelevance.

From Seattle Times

More important: Better to fail interestingly than slowly fade into irrelevance.

From New York Times