"irrelevance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: irrelevances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} irrelevance (countable and uncountable, plural irrelevances)
  1. Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: irrelevancy Related terms: irrelevant Translations (lack of relationship with the topic at hand, lack of importance): неуместност (neumestnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), irrellevància [feminine] (Catalan), irrelevantie [feminine] (Dutch), epäolennaisuus (Finnish), merkityksettömyys (Finnish), non-pertinence [feminine] (French), insignifiance [feminine] (French), irrelevancia [feminine] (Galician), Bedeutungslosigkeit [feminine] (German), Unmaßgeblichkeit [feminine] (German), Unbedeutendheit [feminine] (German), Irrelevanz [feminine] (German), irrilevanza [feminine] (Italian), irrelevans [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), irrelevans [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nieistotność [feminine] (Polish), irrelevância [feminine] (Portuguese), irelevanță [feminine] (Romanian), irelevantnost [feminine] (Slovene), irrelevancia [feminine] (Spanish), irrelevans [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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