Extraneous

Word EXTRANEOUS
Character 10
Hyphenation ex tra ne ous
Pronunciations /ekˈstɹæɪ.ni.əs/

Definitions and meanings of "Extraneous"

What do we mean by extraneous?

Not constituting an essential or vital element or part. adjective

Unrelated to the topic or matter at hand. synonym: irrelevant. adjective

Coming from the outside. adjective

In music, not belonging to a standard scale or key; chromatic.

Not belonging or proper to a thing; not intrinsic or essential, though attached; foreign: as, to separate gold from extraneous matter; extraneous ornaments or observances.

Synonyms See exterior.

Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign. adjective

Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign adjective

Not essential or intrinsic adjective

Not pertinent to the matter under consideration adjective

Coming from the outside adjective

Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source adjective

Not essential adjective

Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign

Not essential or intrinsic

Synonyms and Antonyms for Extraneous

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The word "extraneous" in example sentences

But as far as an "emergency fund," which I define as extraneous and unexpected expenses hospital bill, car wreck, etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The other thing to be aware of when looking at fonts is what I call extraneous fonts. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This book also they call extraneous, which some of the Jews prohibit to be read. ❋ 1772-1851 (1851)

Although so much of it is too entrancing to be termed extraneous, it does mean a director has to deal with the abundant non-libretto passages. ❋ David Finkle (2010)

What Democrats said is that they also offered the president another carrot, if you will, and that is to cut off some of the -- what the White House called extraneous domestic spending on this emergency bill. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But it is true that observing that there are certain thoughts which arise neither from external objects nor from the determination of my will, but only from my faculty of thinking; in order to mark the difference between the ideas or the notions which are the forms of these thoughts, and to distinguish them from the others, which may be called extraneous or voluntary, I have called them innate. ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

These excisable songs are perhaps best described as extraneous genre exercises (most specifically, the just a little bit too cute "I Did What I Did"). ❋ Matt Byars (2009)

Bonus points were given for "extraneous" factors such as the presence of an Australian accent and points were deducted for "rudeness of being Canadian." ❋ Bonnie Fuller (2010)

But it does mean that if a law is consistently applied to only one subset of persons, based on political or other extraneous considerations (extraneous, meaning other than whether the person committed the crime), then it ceases to be an exercise in “law” and becomes one of politics. ❋ Unknown (2010)

India should be less concerned about the inclusion of "extraneous" issues in the FTA as most of the provisions are in any case either covered by domestic legislation or non-binding. ❋ Ansgar Sickert (2010)

The EU's attempt to include politically-sensitive issues in its FTA negotiations with India has led to considerable resistance from the New Delhi which views climate change, intellectual property rights or child-labor as "extraneous" non-trade issues that should be tackled elsewhere. ❋ Ansgar Sickert (2010)

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