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Extraneous

Not related to the matter at hand; not essential; irrelevant or unnecessary.

adjective
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Imagine This

An extra column of comics is added to the newspaper to appeal to comic readers, but it was not essential to those who only read the news, business, or sports sections.

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Sounds Like

ek-STRAY-nee-us

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Looks Like

Looks like: extra + neous

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Remember This

Root means outside or foreign; extraneous things are outside the main matter.

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Other Forms

extraneouslyadverb
extraneousnessnoun
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Connect With

irrelevant, unrelated, incidental, superfluous, redundant

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Note

Do not confuse extraneous with simply 'additional.' Extraneous implies irrelevance or unnecessary detail to the topic being considered.

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