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extraneous

/I/k'str/eI/n/i//@/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from <i>extraneous</i> matter.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. not pertinent to the matter under consideration

    adj.all

    Examples
    An issue extraneous to the debate.
    Synonyms immaterial impertinent orthogonal

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. not essential

    adj.all

    Examples
    The ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adj.all

    Examples
    Water free of extraneous matter.
    Synonyms foreign

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. coming from the outside

    adj.all

    Examples
    Extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph.
    Relying upon an extraneous income.
    Synonyms external outside

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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