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irrelevant

[ih-rel-uh-vuhnt] / ɪˈrɛl ə vənt /


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A quarter of past voters also see the party as "irrelevant", according to a poll released by Angus Reid earlier this week, and 40% say its best days are behind it.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 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 fact that most of the evidence in support of any disparity had since been discredited was deemed irrelevant; what mattered was whether the law had seemed rational at the time it was adopted.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander