irrelevancy
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of irrelevancy
First recorded in 1795–1805; ir- 2 + relevancy ( def. )
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The Chinese shipbuilding industry is by far the world’s largest, while America’s has shrunk to irrelevancy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Last year's contestant Francesca was hardly visible in the first few episodes, even prompting memes about her supposed irrelevancy, before growing into the show and making it to the final.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
He wanted to put that into practice, Russian commentators said, and as an activist who thrived on agitation, he feared sinking into irrelevancy in exile.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
But his departure means the Angels are now staring at years of irrelevancy if Moreno continues his youth-averse ways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
In those days they allowed a degree of irrelevancy in counsels' speeches that would not be tolerated for a moment in the twentieth century.
From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles
They no longer stop and start it with their petty irrelevancies and VAR is less inclined to interfere.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2022
HealthMap tries to address this problem by using artificial intelligence to filter out repetition and irrelevancies.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 30, 2020
The trivia piles up; it’s a lawn sale of irrelevancies.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2020
The ASRM’s pitch to legislators bristles with irrelevancies and misleading claims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2019
Since the plot of a one-act play is highly simplified, determine whether there are any complexities, any irrelevancies, any digressions.
From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
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