extraneous, adj.
freq. cnt. 2
freq. cnt. 2
not essential
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
extraneous
sample sentences
"the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
not pertinent to the matter under consideration
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
extraneous immaterial impertinent orthogonal
sample sentences
"an issue extraneous to the debate""the price was immaterial"
"mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
coming from the outside
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2
external extraneous outside
sample sentences
"extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph""relying upon an extraneous income"
"disdaining outside pressure groups"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
extraneous foreign
sample sentences
"water free of extraneous matter""foreign particles in milk"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to