Irrespective vs Addition - What's the difference?
irrespective | addition |
heedless, regardless
* 1922 , , Miss Mapp , :
Without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent; impartial.
* Rogers
(obsolete) disrespectful
(uncountable) The act of adding anything.
Anything that is added.
(uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
(music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
(legal) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq'.", "Robert Dale, '''Mason'''", "Thomas Way, ' of New York ".
(heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.
As an adjective irrespective
is heedless, regardless.As a noun addition is
addition.irrespective
English
Adjective
(-)- That alone, apart from Mr. Wyse’s old-fashioned notions on the subject, made telephoning impossible, for your summons was usually answered by his cook, who instantly began scolding the butcher irrespective and disrespectful of whom you were.
- an irrespective judgment
- According to this doctrine, it must be resolved wholly into the absolute, irrespective will of God.
Derived terms
* irregardless (by confusion and conflation with regardless) * irrespective ofSee also
* irregardless English words affected by confusionaddition
English
(wikipedia addition)Noun
- The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.