irrelevant

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Speaking from the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said Iran is "begging to make a deal" but whether it happens or not is "irrelevant" to America's timetable.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

And important science does not become irrelevant on the scale of years.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

The country has, in particular, used the sort of bullet-based systems for short distances that were long thought to have been rendered irrelevant by missile defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

But in the long term, it may be irrelevant.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

The Mexican songs were constantly punctuated by irrelevant spotshots nobody listened to, such as the “German Press Review” and a show featuring a well-known beauty queen talking to teen-agers about their diets and their pimples.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols