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irrelevance

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: irrelevancy

Antonyms: relevance

Broader terms: unconnectedness

Narrower terms: inapplicability, immateriality

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неуместност (neumestnost) — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Catalan: irrellevància — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Dutch: irrelevantie — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Finnish: epäolennaisuus — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Finnish: merkityksettömyys — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • French: non-pertinence — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • French: insignifiance — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Galician: irrelevancia — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • German: Bedeutungslosigkeit — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • German: Unmaßgeblichkeit — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • German: Unbedeutendheit — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • German: Irrelevanz — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Italian: irrilevanza — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: irrelevans — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: irrelevans — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Polish: nieistotność — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Portuguese: irrelevância — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Romanian: irelevanță — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Slovene: irelevantnost — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Spanish: irrelevancia — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance
  • Swedish: irrelevans — lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance