Irrespective — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪɹᵻspˈɛktɪv/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪɹɪspˈɛktɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪɹɪspˈɛktɪv/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪɹᵻspˈɛktɪv/.

Examples

he carried on regardless of the difficulties

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

regardless no matter disregardless disregarding

Parts of Speech

adverb

in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

“he carried on regardless of the difficulties”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Egal

trotz allem; ohne Rücksicht auf Nachteile

🇫🇷French

indépendamment

malgré tout ; sans égard aux inconvénients

🇪🇸Spanish

desconsiderado

a pesar de todo; sin tener en cuenta los inconvenientes

🇮🇹Italian

a prescindere

nonostante tutto; senza riguardo agli inconvenienti

🇳🇱Dutch

ongeacht

ondanks alles; zonder rekening te houden met nadelen

🇵🇹Portuguese

independentemente

apesar de tudo; sem levar em conta as desvantagens

🇷🇺Russian

независимо

несмотря ни на что; не считая недостатков

India

🇮🇳Hindi

निरपेक्ष

सब कुछ होने के बावजूद; कमियों की परवाह किये बिना

🇧🇩Bengali

নির্বিশেষে

সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও; অপূর্ণতা বিবেচনা ছাড়াই

🇮🇳Tamil

பொருட்படுத்தாமல்

எல்லாவற்றையும் மீறி; குறைபாடுகளைப் பொருட்படுத்தாமல்

🇮🇳Telugu

సంబంధం లేకుండా

ప్రతిదీ ఉన్నప్పటికీ; లోపాలతో సంబంధం లేకుండా

🇮🇳Marathi

पर्वा न करता

सर्वकाही असूनही; कमतरतांचा विचार न करता

🇮🇳Gujarati

અનુલક્ષીને

બધું હોવા છતાં; ખામીઓને ધ્યાનમાં લીધા વિના

🇮🇳Kannada

ಲೆಕ್ಕಿಸದೆ

ಎಲ್ಲದರ ಹೊರತಾಗಿಯೂ; ನ್ಯೂನತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പരിഗണിക്കാതെ

എല്ലാം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നിട്ടും; പോരായ്മകൾ പരിഗണിക്കാതെ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਾਹੇ

ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਦੇ ਬਾਵਜੂਦ; ਕਮੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਪਰਵਾਹ ਕੀਤੇ ਬਿਨਾਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

قطع نظر

سب کچھ کے باوجود؛ خرابیوں کی پرواہ کیے بغیر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不顾一切

不顾一切；不考虑缺点

🇯🇵Japanese

関係なく

すべてにもかかわらず。欠点を考慮せずに

🇰🇷Korean

관계없이

모든 것에도 불구하고; 단점을 고려하지 않고

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không phân biệt

bất chấp mọi thứ; không quan tâm đến nhược điểm

🇹🇭Thai

โดยไม่คำนึงถึง

แม้จะมีทุกสิ่ง โดยไม่คำนึงถึงข้อเสีย

🇮🇩Indonesian

terlepas dari itu

terlepas dari segalanya; tanpa memperhatikan kekurangannya

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi alintana

sa kabila ng lahat; nang walang pagsasaalang-alang sa mga kakulangan

🇲🇾Malay

tanpa mengira

walaupun segala-galanya; tanpa mengambil kira kelemahan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بغض النظر

رغم كل شيء؛ دون النظر إلى السلبيات

🇮🇷Persian

بدون توجه به

با وجود همه چیز؛ بدون توجه به ایرادات

🇹🇷Turkish

ne olursa olsun

her şeye rağmen; dezavantajları dikkate almadan

🇮🇱Hebrew

בלי קשר

למרות הכל; ללא קשר לחסרונות

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The primary meaning of 'irrespective' is 'in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks'.

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Using 'irrespective' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'irrespective' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'irrespective' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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