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

Does Anthony Davis really want to spend the rest of his prime in the shadows of irrelevancy?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

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

The irrelevancy of this latter contention,—the groundlessness of the former,—may not be passed over without a few words of serious remonstrance.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William