irrelevance
noun
ir·rel·e·vance
i-ˈre-lə-vən(t)s 
1
: the quality or state of being irrelevant
2
: something irrelevant
Examples of irrelevance in a Sentence
the irrelevance of the comment brought conversation to a standstill
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But the 82-year-old president appears too proud to allow MAGA's rising tide to sweep him into premature irrelevance.
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Marc Caputo, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
But what good is maintaining the status quo and this long, slow descent into irrelevance?
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025
And failure to respond and adapt will hasten irrelevance.
—David Rosowsky, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
The death of an app is nothing new: Elder Millennials have witnessed it all from Myspace to AOL Instant Messenger to Facebook’s decline into irrelevance.
—Quispe López, Them, 15 Jan. 2025
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Marc Caputo, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
But what good is maintaining the status quo and this long, slow descent into irrelevance?
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025
And failure to respond and adapt will hasten irrelevance.
—David Rosowsky, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
The death of an app is nothing new: Elder Millennials have witnessed it all from Myspace to AOL Instant Messenger to Facebook’s decline into irrelevance.
—Quispe López, Them, 15 Jan. 2025
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irrelevance
noun
ir·rel·e·vance
ir-ˈre-lə-vəns
1
: the quality or state of being irrelevant
2
: something that is irrelevant
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