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Extraneous
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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 / not essential / Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing / not essential; superfluous / irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with. / not forming a necessary part of something : not important, | |
Usage | ⇒ An issue extraneous to the debate The ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play Water free of extraneous matter ⇒ An issue extraneous to the debate ⇒ No wonder Ted can't think straight! His mind is so cluttered up with extraneous details, he can't concentrate on the essentials. ⇒ She sped up the process by eliminating all extraneous steps. ⇒ one is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material |
Synonyms | foreign, irrelevant, alien, external, extrinsic, adventitious, unrelated, outside, exotic, impertinent, inappropriate, immaterial, strange, inapplicable, incidental, unconnected, exterior, extra, peripheral, unessential, |
Antonyms | relevant, appropriate, necessary, pertinent, basic, essential, integral, native, needed, applicable, constitutive, germane, inherent, intrinsic, apposite, apropos, central, component, critical, important, |
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