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extraneous
[ ik-strey-nee-uhs ]
adjective
- introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign:
extraneous substances in our water.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- not pertinent; irrelevant:
an extraneous remark; extraneous decoration.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
extraneous
/ ɪˈٰɪɪə /
adjective
- not essential
- not pertinent or applicable; irrelevant
- coming from without; of external origin
- not belonging; unrelated to that to which it is added or in which it is contained
Derived Forms
- ˈٰԱdzܲ, adverb
- ˈٰԱdzܲԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٰn·dzܲ· adverb
- ·ٰn·dzܲ·Ա noun
- ԴDze·ٰn·dzܲ adjective
- non·ٰn·dzܲ· adverb
- non·ٰn·dzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲe·ٰn·dzܲ adjective
- un·ٰn·dzܲ· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of extraneous1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of extraneous1
Example Sentences
And he throws in seemingly extraneous references to British troops hearing bagpipes and to Lord Lovat of Scotland.
"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.
News organizations routinely edit interviews, removing extraneous words and redundant phrases.
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.
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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