Meaning & use
Irrelevance
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The state or quality of not being relevant or applicable to a particular matter.
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The lawyer objected, citing the irrelevance of the witness's testimony to the case.
Critics dismissed the argument as an irrelevance to the main debate.
A note on using this word
Frequently used in legal and academic contexts to dismiss information that does not bear on the matter at hand.
Words with a similar meaning
inapplicabilityimmateriality
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Words with an opposite meaning
relevancepertinence
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