irrelevancy

Example Sentences

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At worst it seemed the project of a crank, at best an irrelevancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

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

Unwilling to be promoted into desk-job irrelevancy, he is a captain by rank and a rebel by nature.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022

In fact, irrelevancy appears to the European the chief characteristic of what he sees on the stage of a Japanese theatre.

From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)