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extraneous

[ ik-strey-nee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign:

    extraneous substances in our water.

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  2. not pertinent; irrelevant:

    an extraneous remark; extraneous decoration.

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extraneous

/ ɪˈٰɪɪə /

adjective

  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 — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰԱdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈٰԱdzܲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٰn·dzܲ· adverb
  • ·ٰn·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDze·ٰn·dzܲ adjective
  • non·ٰn·dzܲ· adverb
  • non·ٰn·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲe·ٰn·dzܲ adjective
  • un·ٰn·dzܲ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of extraneous1

First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin ٰԱܲ “external, foreign,” equivalent to extr(a)- extra- + -(ܲ) -an + -eus -eous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of extraneous1

C17: from Latin ٰԱܲ external, from ٰ outside
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And he throws in seemingly extraneous references to British troops hearing bagpipes and to Lord Lovat of Scotland.

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"He was just quietly sitting there, taking script pages out, cutting them up, removing extraneous stuff like scene descriptions, and then sticking them back onto blank pages," he said.

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News organizations routinely edit interviews, removing extraneous words and redundant phrases.

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One could read this strange, extraneous sight as Perkins’ attempt to send up our macabre fixation with death, rubbernecking at gruesome sights we should want to turn away from.

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On Jan. 24, Wegmans issued a recall for its store-brand frozen, breaded chicken breast nuggets over possible contamination with extraneous material, specifically bone fragments.

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