irrelevancy

Wedged in the tiny space between irrelevancy and timeliness, Sorkin’s companion piece doesn’t need to say anything new to do its job; it only has to persuade us to pay attention to its shouts.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

The Chinese shipbuilding industry is by far the world’s largest, while America’s has shrunk to irrelevancy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

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

It’s been three weeks since Washington’s last win and its midseason skid has torpedoed a season that began with a little promise and is spiraling to irrelevancy.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2023

“Madam,” replied Denis, with a fine irrelevancy, “if 268 I have said anything to wound you, believe me it was for your own sake and not for mine.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

They no longer stop and start it with their petty irrelevancies and VAR is less inclined to interfere.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2022

HealthMap tries to address this problem by using artificial intelligence to filter out repetition and irrelevancies.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 30, 2020

The trivia piles up; it’s a lawn sale of irrelevancies.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2020

The ASRM’s pitch to legislators bristles with irrelevancies and misleading claims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2019

Etching demands only the most autographic features of a man's draughtsmanship; it prevents him from spreading himself in the irrelevancies of space-covering lines necessary in work done to meet the demand of the Editor's measure.

From George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians by T. Martin Wood