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- Dictionaryextraneous/ɪkˈstreɪnɪəs/
adjective
- 1. irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with: "one is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material" Similar Opposite
- 2. of external origin: "when the transmitter pack is turned off no extraneous noise is heard" Similar Opposite
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Extraneous means not directly connected with or related to something. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
- English (US)
adjective. us / ekˈstreɪ·ni·əs / Add to word list. not...
- Znaczenie Extraneous, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
EXTRANEOUS definicja: 1. not directly connected with or...
- Extraneous in Russian
EXTRANEOUS translate: посторонний, не связанный (с чем-либо)...
- Traditional
EXTRANEOUS translate: 無直接關係的;無關的. Learn more in the...
- English (US)
Extraneous means existing on or coming from the outside, not forming an essential or vital part, or having no relevance. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of extraneous from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Extraneous means coming from the outside, like the extraneous noise you hear when you're in a theater and a train passes by. Extraneous can also mean not relevant or essential, like all the extraneous information in your long-winded science report.
Extraneous definition: introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign. See examples of EXTRANEOUS used in a sentence.
Extraneous means not directly connected with or related to something. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts with examples from various sources.
adj. 1. Not constituting an essential or vital element or part: school rules forbidding extraneous clothing like hats. 2. Unrelated to the topic or matter at hand. See Synonyms at irrelevant. 3. Coming from the outside: extraneous noise. [From Latin extrāneus, from extrā, outside; see extra- .] ex·tra′ne·ous·ly adv. ex·tra′ne·ous·ness n.
Extraneous means not essential, relevant, or belonging to the situation or subject. Learn the word origin, synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from Collins English Dictionary.