irrelevance
AmericanEtymology
Origin of irrelevance
1840–50; ir- 2 + relevance ( def. ); relevant ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Unlike succeeding Intel leaders who rebutted predictions of Moore’s Law’s demise, Moore predicted its irrelevance.
From Seattle Times
He’d go from grumbling irrelevance in the gilded prison of his Mar-a-Lago mausoleum to ring master of a circus trial that would dominate every news outlet.
From Washington Post
More than that: He has held together a M.A.S.H. unit and moved it from the precipice of fading to irrelevance back into playoff position, ascendant when it could be crumbling.
From Washington Post
In three weeks, the Commanders went from the No. 6 seed in the NFC to postseason irrelevance and an uncertain future.
From Washington Post
“Because if we don’t start working together more, if we don’t know and respect each other, the world’s greatest deliberative body will sink slowly into irrelevance.”
From New York Times
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