extraneous
adjective
introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign.
extraneousness
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a word derived from
extraneous.
Example Sentences
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Gestural abstraction, he felt, was clotted with sentimental extraneousness.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 27, 2018
He had, however, preserved his attitude of aloofness and extraneousness.
From The River Prophet by Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen) Coleman
Extrinsicality -- N. extrinsicality†, objectiveness, non ego; extraneousness &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
