English to English
extraneous
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adjective (a)
- Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- not pertinent to the matter under consideration(adj.all)Example:
An issue extraneous to the debate.
source: wordnet30 - not essential(adj.all)Example:
The ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play.
source: wordnet30 - not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source(adj.all)Example:
Water free of extraneous matter.
source: wordnet30