extraneous
adjective/ɪkˈstreɪniəs/
/ɪkˈstreɪniəs/
(formal)- not directly connected with the particular situation you are in or the subject you are dealing with synonym irrelevant
- We do not want any extraneous information on the page.
- Coughs and extraneous noises can be edited out.
- extraneous to something We shall ignore factors extraneous to the problem.
- factors extraneous to the case
Oxford Collocations DictionaryExtraneous is used with these nouns:- factor
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin extraneus + -ous.Definitions on the go
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