- 1[uncountable] lack of importance to or connection with a situation the irrelevance of the curriculum to children's daily life opposite relevance
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- 2[countable, usually singular] something that is not important to or connected with a situation His idea was rejected as an irrelevance.
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NAmE//ɪˈrɛləvəns//
(less frequent irrelevancy NAmE//ɪˈrɛləvənsi//
(pl. irrelevancies))Check pronunciation: irrelevance