How to Use irrelevance in a Sentence

irrelevance

noun
  • But first, this flawed team must play out the string in irrelevance.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022
  • A slow start in the next era could set the course for years of irrelevance.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Huxley feared that the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.
    — Brooke Gladstone, Slate Magazine, 18 May 2017
  • Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.
    — Jack Butler, National Review, 25 Oct. 2020
  • That might be just what the 72-year-old award show needs to stave off irrelevance.
    — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Mr Singh must pull his party back from the brink of irrelevance.
    — The Economist, 3 Oct. 2017
  • This is why most pilots die, not of failure, but due to irrelevance.
    — Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The other leagues would need to adapt or shrivel to irrelevance.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Cut off from the state, the church risked sliding into irrelevance.
    — The Economist, 3 Feb. 2018
  • This dread of irrelevance is worth exploring in greater depth.
    — Jancee Dunn, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Those who don’t risk irrelevance.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • The format and the broadcast had drifted so close to irrelevance for years.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2021
  • But ever since, the franchise had been stuck in a cycle of irrelevance.
    — Hank Tucker, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • These days, doing anything for longer than a few years can mean risking irrelevance.
    — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Trump’s finances afloat but also rescued his brand from the brink of irrelevance.
    — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The Heat had slipped to mediocrity; worse, irrelevance.
    — Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • But that threat of irrelevance is exactly what makes the league so riveting, week in and week out.
    — Caroline Framke, Variety, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Maybe what can save them from irrelevance is a total overhaul, with software taking care of many jobs.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
  • But for a man like Bergé, nearing the end of his life, the struggle is not so much against time as against irrelevance.
    — James McAuley, Town & Country, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Backing them is a strategic hedge against irrelevance.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
  • The irrelevance of the game for both sides will detract from the offensive output.
    — Esten McLaren, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 24 Dec. 2019
  • To do so would doom the Hornets to another five years of irrelevance.
    — Scott Fowler, charlotteobserver, 3 June 2019
  • That was 12 straight months of irrelevance, one losing season on top of the other.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us, Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 11 Aug. 2024
  • One win away from ending 16 years of playoff irrelevance.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
  • And fears a looming irrelevance and even more neglect in the shadow of the city’s shiny-new stadium.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 23 Jan. 2022
  • This is a proud franchise and fan base, and suffering through a decade of irrelevance has been tough to stomach for all involved.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • Now Ada is in charge of the purse strings and Agnes fears her own obscurity and irrelevance.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 June 2025
  • Swift and Bridgers sing about the passage of time and the inevitability of their irrelevance.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Insurers who fail to adapt to this shift risk irrelevance in the changing industry.
    — Abhishek Pakhira, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025

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