extraneous English

Meaning extraneous meaning

What does extraneous mean?

extraneous

— adjective not essential the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play

— adjective (= immaterial, impertinent) not pertinent to the matter under consideration an issue extraneous to the debate the price was immaterial mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point

— adjective (= foreign) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source water free of extraneous matter foreign particles in milk

— adjective (= outside) coming from the outside extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph relying upon an extraneous income disdaining outside pressure groups

Synonyms extraneous synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as extraneous?

extraneous English » English

external

immaterial

foreign

extrinsic

outside

orthogonal

irrelevant

inessential

outward

impertinent

alien

unconnected

superfluous

strange

side

exterior

unrequired

unrelated

unneeded

unimportant

unfamiliar

unessential

trifling

tramontane

tangential

superficial

stranger

squarelike

peripheral

outsider

outlying

outer

outdoor

optional

not closely connected

nonsignificant

nonessential

negligible

needless

material

irrespective

irrelevent

irrelative

insignificant

inorganic

inapt

important

importance

fifth

extra

Topics extraneous topics

What do people use extraneous to talk about?

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Agent-oriented modalities

Necessary

• What words describe something that is not necessary?
  unnecessary extraneous incidental inessential needless nonessential uncalled-for unessential unnecessary unneeded

Examples extraneous examples

How do I use extraneous in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

You want it quiet, no extraneous people tramping about.

And now that the director has distracted the audience with these totally extraneous vignettes, he reluctantly returns to the plot and another new character.

I think of it as an extraneous tool, a gadget somewhat like the television.

Were there any loud noises or other extraneous activity which might have affected the tomatoes' behavior, such as. an airplane or another car in the vicinity?

That aperture excludes the chaos of extraneous light rays that surround us.

I'll remove whatever extraneous parts of their bodies still remain!

Can you. filter out the extraneous information?

I resumed work. It went well, and I was undisturbed by extraneous distractions.

It seemed extraneous at the time.

You know, I'm not ready to be biologically extraneous.

The killer's being compelled by an extraneous stressor. He's out of control.

I took a sample of an extraneous substance that turned out to be unidentifiable.

There is nothing in the Chronicles about an extraneous lunar cycle.

If you maintain a direct course, to Earth and avoid all extraneous contact with alien species, it will increase your chances of survival.

And I want no extraneous noises from you, do you hear me?

Completely soundproofed to prevent subject from hearing extraneous noises.

I submit, Mr. Scott, that if we do not get out, the shields would be extraneous.

Quite frankly, I'm against people- who give vent to their loquacity- by extraneous bombastic circumlocution.

If you were two extraneous wires, where would you want to be connected?

There's usually some extraneous fuel involved, like candle wax, gasoline, something flammable and incendiary that adheres to skin.

The killer's being compelled by an extraneous stress.

I am fully capable of appreciating this phenomenon without the extraneous sentimentality humans find so necessary.

No extraneous comments, no questions, no compliments.

The killer's being compelled by an extraneous stressor.

I deleted the extraneous subroutines.

Mark, what did I tell you about volunteering extraneous information?

Cut out all the extraneous stuff, you know.

Reasonable technique,no extraneous spittle.

Okay, I sampled Bill's voice and I removed all the extraneous noise.

Walker is extraneous.

Extraneous.

A formula that requires screening for extraneous variables.

News and current affairs

As the 2009 UN climate-change summit in Copenhagen demonstrated, meetings of 192 states are often unwieldy and subject to bloc politics and tactical moves by largely extraneous players that otherwise lack the resources to solve functional problems.

For China, the crisis was an extraneous event that was experienced mainly as a temporary decline in exports.

Although they pay lip service to a continued shedding of extraneous businesses, the chaebol still resist complete rationalization, claiming that they cannot rid themselves of excess capacity so long as they maintain excess employment.