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irrelevance

[ih-rel-uh-vuhns] / ɪˈrɛl ə vəns /


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“The penalty for falling behind is, in theory, increasingly irrelevance and, eventually, bankruptcy.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Many comments on the video mention the high volume and irrelevance of their ads on Pinterest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Another indicator of the document’s irrelevance is that it was issued by the Board of Peace, an organization that has no authority or power to do anything.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

Or they retreated, following Macdonald’s advice, into social irrelevance by adopting dead-end pseudo-philosophies like deconstructionism.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026

Our models were an irrelevance, a technical necessity for bringing us into the world, nothing more than that.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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