irrelevance

Example Sentences

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"And the US threatens to relegate the organisation to even greater irrelevance if it doesn't get what it wants," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Now, facing irrelevance and the perplexing 1960s, she falters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

When leaders act from fear of obsolescence, being outpaced or irrelevance, they activate those same threat responses in employees.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 18, 2025

The Golden Globes have long been excused for their scandals and idiosyncratic membership and, of course, mocked for their irrelevance.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

The shell was interesting and pretty and a worthy plaything; but the vivid phantoms of his day-dream still interposed between him and Piggy, who in this context was an irrelevance.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding