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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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not directly connected or related to a matter being considered: We must not be distracted by extraneous issues, she said. (Definition of extraneous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of extraneous. extraneous.
The meaning of EXTRANEOUS is existing on or coming from the outside. How to use extraneous in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Extraneous.
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.
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 definition: introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign. See examples of EXTRANEOUS used in a sentence.
adjective. us / ekˈstreɪ·ni·əs / Add to word list. not directly connected or related to a matter being considered: We must not be distracted by extraneous issues, she said. (Definition of extraneous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of extraneous. extraneous.
extraneous. (ɪkstreɪniəs ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Extraneous things are not relevant or essential to the situation you are involved in or the subject you are talking about. [formal] We ought not to bring in extraneous matters in trying to find a basis for a settlement.
