irrelevance

🇺🇸 /ɪˈreləvəns/ 🇬🇧 /ɪˈreləvəns/
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noun
R

The quality of being unrelated or unimportant to the matter at hand.

The discussion of his vacation was an irrelevance during the business meeting.

R

An irrelevant matter or detail.

The teacher dismissed the student's comment as an irrelevance.

translation

n. The quality of being unrelated or unimportant to the matter at hand.; An irrelevant matter or detail.

Word Forms

Plural irrelevances