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[ɪ'reləvəns]irrelevancy [ɪ'reləvənsɪ] nome1) (lack of importance) irrilevanza f.irrelevance to sth. — estraneità a qcs
to be an irrelevance — essere una minuzia o un'inezia
* * *noun irrilevanza* * *irrelevance /ɪˈrɛləvəns/n.1 [u] non pertinenza; estraneità; irrilevanza2 domanda (osservazione, fatto, ecc.) non pertinente3 [u] mancanza d'attualità; inattualità.* * *[ɪ'reləvəns]irrelevancy [ɪ'reləvənsɪ] nome1) (lack of importance) irrilevanza f.irrelevance to sth. — estraneità a qcs
to be an irrelevance — essere una minuzia o un'inezia
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3 irrelevancy
* * *noun irrilevanza* * *irrelevancy /ɪˈrɛləvənsɪ/n.domanda (osservazione, fatto, ecc.) non pertinente; cosa di nessuna importanza.* * * -
4 irrelevant
[ɪ'reləvnt]1) (unconnected) [remark, question] non pertinente; [ facts] irrilevanteto be irrelevant to sth. — essere estraneo a qcs
* * *[i'relivənt](not connected with the subject that is being discussed etc: irrelevant comments.) irrilevante- irrelevance
- irrelevancy* * *irrelevant /ɪˈrɛləvənt/a.1 non pertinente; estraneo; irrilevante: irrelevant questions, domande non pertinenti; Your remarks are irrelevant to the debate, le tue osservazioni non sono pertinenti con (o sono estranee alla) discussione3 non attuale; inattuale● (leg.) irrelevant evidence, prova irrilevante ( non è ammissibile)irrelevantly avv.* * *[ɪ'reləvnt]1) (unconnected) [remark, question] non pertinente; [ facts] irrilevanteto be irrelevant to sth. — essere estraneo a qcs
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irrelevance — UK [ɪˈreləvəns] / US or irrelevancy UK [ɪˈreləvənsɪ] / US noun Word forms irrelevance : singular irrelevance plural irrelevances a) [uncountable] the fact of being not relevant The irrelevance of his replies indicated that he wasn t listening. b) … English dictionary
irrelevance — ir·rel·e·vance /ir re lə vəns/ n 1: the quality or state of being irrelevant 2: something that is irrelevant Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
irrelevance — irrelevance, irrelevancy Both words are in use and there is no distinction in their meaning, but irrelevance is more common … Modern English usage
irrelevance — (n.) 1735, from IRRELEVANT (Cf. irrelevant) + ANCE (Cf. ance). Earlier in the same sense was irrelevancy (1590s) … Etymology dictionary
irrelevance — [[t]ɪre̱lɪv(ə)ns[/t]] irrelevances 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N of n If you talk about the irrelevance of something, you mean that it is irrelevant. ...the utter irrelevance of the debate. Ant: relevance 2) N COUNT If you describe something as an… … English dictionary
irrelevance — ir|rel|e|vance [ıˈrelıvəns] n also ir|rel|e|van|cy [ vənsi] 1.) [U] a lack of importance in a particular situation 2.) someone or something that is not important in a particular situation irrelevance of ▪ debates on the irrelevance of the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
irrelevance — ir|rel|e|vance [ ı reləvəns ] or ir|rel|e|van|cy [ ı reləvənsi ] noun uncount the fact of being not relevant: The irrelevance of his replies indicated that he wasn t listening. a. count something that is not important or necessary to a particular … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
irrelevance — also ir.rel.e.van.cy noun 1 (U) a lack of importance in a particular situation: The irrelevance of his remark irritated her. 2 (C) someone or something that is not important in a particular situation … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
irrelevance — irrelevant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not relevant. DERIVATIVES irrelevance noun irrelevancy noun (pl. irrelevancies) irrelevantly adverb … English terms dictionary
irrelevance — noun Date: 1843 1. the quality or state of being irrelevant 2. something irrelevant … New Collegiate Dictionary
irrelevance — /i rel euh veuhns/, n. 1. the quality or condition of being irrelevant. 2. an irrelevant thing, act, etc. [1840 50; IR 2 + RELEVANCE] * * * … Universalium