extraneous
[ ik-strey-nee-uhs ]
/ ɪkˈstreɪ ni əs /
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adjective
introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign: extraneous substances in our water.
not pertinent; irrelevant: an extraneous remark; extraneous decoration.
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British Dictionary definitions for extraneous
extraneous
/ (ɪkˈstreɪnɪəs) /
adjective
not essential
not pertinent or applicable; irrelevant
coming from without; of external origin
not belonging; unrelated to that to which it is added or in which it is contained
Derived forms of extraneous
extraneously, adverbextraneousness, nounWord Origin for extraneous
C17: from Latin extrāneus external, from extrā outside
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