Irrespective
[ɪrɪ'spektɪv] or [,ɪrɪ'spɛktɪv]
Definition
(a.) Without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent; impartial; as, an irrespective judgment.
(a.) Disrespectful.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
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Definition
adj. not having regard to (with of).—adv. Irrespec′tively.
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Examples
- He thinks that this development can go on irrespective of the use to which they are put. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Hence education means the enterprise of supplying the conditions which insure growth, or adequacy of life, irrespective of age. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The equitable Twemlow felt that this sentiment, irrespective of the utterer, demanded his cordial assent. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It will be at once obvious that these words describe perfectly the basic principle of every modern phonograph or other talking-machine, irrespective of its manufacture or trade name. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They regard knowledge as something complete in itself irrespective of its availability in dealing with what is yet to be. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It is assumed that mind can grasp them if it will only give attention, and that this attention may be given at will irrespective of the situation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- And there had come a reason quite irrespective of Dorothea, which seemed to make a journey to Middlemarch a sort of philanthropic duty. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- On the other hand, it may have been due to the fact that the Armada called for men, and the women had to go into the kitchen irrespective of conditions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Every one seemed determined that a machine which meant so much to the cotton lands should be free to all, irrespective of any legal or moral rights in the matter. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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