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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 or related to something. Learn how to use this word in different contexts with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
- 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 word history, synonyms, example sentences, and usage 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 means not directly connected or related to something. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, see sample sentences and find translations in other languages.
1. not essential. 2. not pertinent or applicable; irrelevant. 3. coming from without; of external origin. 4. not belonging; unrelated to that to which it is added or in which it is contained. Collins English Dictionary.
Extraneous means not essential, irrelevant, or coming from outside. Find the origin, usage, and examples of extraneous and related words in this comprehensive online dictionary.
Extraneous definition: introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign. See examples of EXTRANEOUS used in a sentence.