Extraneous means coming from the outside, like the extraneous noise you hear when you're in a theater and a train passes by. Extraneous can also mean not relevant or essential, like all the extraneous information in your long winded science report.
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign;
Adjective S.
coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"
Adjective S.
not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
Adjective S.
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 S.
not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"
a.
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without
or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate
gold from extraneous matter.
Extraneous
Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment.--
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign;
Usage Examples
Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.
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