irrelevance

[ ih-rel-uh-vuhns ]

noun

1. the quality or condition of being irrelevant.
2. an irrelevant thing, act, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of irrelevance¹

1840–50; ir- ² + relevance ( def ); relevant ( def )

Example Sentences

And little wonder: they were crushed to near irrelevance numerically in Parliament for nearly a decade.

From BBC

But for now, for them, it is a nice conundrum to have, after a near decade of near irrelevance.

From BBC

Villarreal: The real engine of the show is something that has always fascinated me, which is, what happens to talent when they’ve sort of fallen into obscurity or irrelevance?

From Los Angeles Times

I resigned myself to irrelevance and watched the crowded bazaar.

From Literature

JuJu Watkins propelled USC to a meteoric, magical, mesmerizing one-year rise to get back into the national championship conversation after decades of irrelevance.

From Los Angeles Times