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Extraneous

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adjective. Not constituting an essential or vital element or part.

adjective. Unrelated to the topic or matter at hand. synonym: irrelevant.

adjective. Coming from the outside.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

In music, not belonging to a standard scale or key; chromatic.

Not belonging or proper to a thing; not intrinsic or essential, though attached; foreign: as, to separate gold from extraneous matter; extraneous ornaments or observances.

Synonyms See exterior.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adjective. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adjective. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign

adjective. Not essential or intrinsic

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adjective. not pertinent to the matter under consideration

adjective. coming from the outside

adjective. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source

adjective. not essential

cross-reference

extraneous body extraneous factor extraneous modulation extraneous root

Equivalent

adulterant adulterating extrinsic irrelevant

Form

extraneously extraneousness

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

contemporaneous miscellaneous percutaneous simultaneous spontaneous

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

accidental adventitious external harmful humanitarian

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

accidental added additional additional adrift