I happen to agree It s a non standard word more or less invented to sound intelligent So if the word were real what you d be saying is that the purpose of the article is to NOT recap the Genesis record etc etc The actual word you want is irrespective of anyone s belief because even regardless makes no sense Irregardless has no meaning in English and is approximately equivalent to ain t I used to laugh when flammable liquids had a big bold warning that said Inflammable In the desire to make words sound more important than they really are we ve actually created worthless words Talk Contributions