extraneous

  • 11extraneous — ex|tra|ne|ous [ıkˈstreıniəs] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: extraneus foreign, strange , from extra; EXTRA ] 1.) not belonging to or directly related to a particular subject or problem = ↑irrelevant extraneous to ▪ Such details are …

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  • 12extraneous — ex|tra|ne|ous [ ık streıniəs ] adjective 1. ) not relating to the subject or situation you are dealing with: I deleted some extraneous material. extraneous to: All these factors are extraneous to our objectives. 2. ) existing or coming from… …

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  • 13extraneous — [[t]ɪkstre͟ɪniəs[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Extraneous things are not relevant or essential to the situation you are involved in or the subject you are talking about. [FORMAL] We ought not to bring in extraneous matters in trying to find a basis for a… …

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  • 14extraneous — UK [ɪkˈstreɪnɪəs] / US adjective 1) not relating to the subject or situation that you are dealing with I deleted some extraneous material. extraneous to: All these factors are extraneous to our objectives. 2) existing or coming from outside… …

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  • 15extraneous — adjective /ɛkˈstreɪ.ni.əs,ekˈstræɪ.ni.əs,ɪkˈstreɪ.ni.əs,ɛkˈstreɪ.ni.əs/ a) Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign to separate gold from extraneous matter b) Not essential or intrinsic Extraneous… …

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  • 16extraneous — adj. extraneous to * * * [ɪk streɪnɪəs] extraneous to …

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  • 17extraneous — adjective 1 not belonging to or directly connected with a particular subject or problem; irrelevant (+ to): Such details are extraneous to the matter in hand. 2 coming from outside: extraneous noises extraneously adverb …

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  • 18extraneous — adjective 1) extraneous considerations Syn: irrelevant, immaterial, beside the point, unrelated, unconnected, inapposite, inapplicable, superfluous 2) extraneous noise Syn: external, outside, exterior …

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  • 19extraneous — ex•tra•ne•ous [[t]ɪkˈstreɪ ni əs[/t]] adj. 1) introduced or coming from without; not forming an essential or proper part: extraneous substances in our water[/ex] 2) not pertinent; irrelevant: an extraneous remark[/ex] • Etymology: 1630–40; < L …

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  • 20extraneous — See extraneous, intrinsic …

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