irrespective
without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
Origin of irrespective
1Other words from irrespective
- ir·re·spec·tive·ly, adverb
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How to use irrespective in a sentence
If I profit on the transaction of buying 1000 quarters of wheat for gold, I do so irrespectively of all other exchanges by others.
Speculations from Political Economy | C. B. ClarkeIrrespectively of the evidence in this case you would not have thought him to be a man likely to commit such a crime?
Phineas Redux | Anthony TrollopeThe result of this act of cruelty was, of course, to make all weaker, old and new prisoners irrespectively.
Opium Eating | AnonymousThe first question is, I say, how far it may be possible to fix the rate of wages irrespectively of the demand for labour.
Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy | John RuskinOn his right hand stood his partner and son-in-law Jones, mounted quite irrespectively of expense.
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for irrespective
/ (ˌɪrɪˈspɛktɪv) /
irrespective of (preposition) without taking account of; regardless of
informal regardless; without due consideration: he carried on with his plan irrespective
Derived forms of irrespective
- irrespectively, adverb
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