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irrelevance

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the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand

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To talk about religion except in terms of human psychology is an irrelevance. Aldous Huxley

What a country, and what a culture, when the liberals cry before they are hurt, and the reactionaries pose as brave nonconformists, while the radicals make a fetish of their own jokey irrelevance. Christopher Hitchens

If you dislike change, you're going to dislike irrelevance even more. Eric Shinseki

Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It's the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy. Gary Hamel

Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual irrelevance. Alan Hirsch

We who advocate peace are becoming an irrelevance when we speak peace. The government speaks rubber bullets, live bullets, tear gas, police dogs, detention, and death. Desmond Tutu

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