extraneous
17
7.5
- adjective
- /ɪkˈstreɪniəs/
:
irrelevante
- The report was useful, but it included a lot of extraneous information that distracted from the main points.
- extraneous variables
- extraneous factors
- extraneous information
There must be no comments, no extraneous characters.
- There must be no comments, no extraneous characters.
- Sometimes I'll mute with all the fingers behind it to make sure there's no there's no extraneous notes when I go to the A string.
- OK, When we talk about, you know, what social justice and things like that, we should be blind to, to all the extraneous factors.
- In fact, I detect no extraneous influence upon the sound with regard to my part of the making.
- They have set recipes that they repeat on a daily and weekly basis so that they are not making a lot of extraneous decisions about mundane things.
- He says its reason requires an extraneous impulse in which is first to be found.
Examples
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Don't panic, get the information, get to the bottom, omit the extraneous junk and side issues.
Fiction book (1993) -
The historical jury did not face the same limitation on considering extraneous facts as the modern jury does.
Academic text (2017) -
There must be no comments, no extraneous characters.
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I try not to bring a lot of extraneous traffic through the house.
Fiction book (2001) -
So therefore this is extraneous and it's not a solution to this equation.
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So these are all techniques for reducing extraneous processing.
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You want it quiet, no extraneous people tramping about.
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I needed some way to sort out the pieces that fit from the extraneous ones that didn't.
Fiction book (1995) -
Instructors argue that a number of extraneous variables affect how students rate their courses.
Academic text (1994) -
Rivers were too often full of mud, silt, and other extraneous material, and were thought unhealthy to drink.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
424
1.0
From people or things not in a group
401
3.2
Not naturally part of a body or object and coming from outside
355
3.6
Not related to the subject people are discussing or to the main point
300
1.6
More than is needed or wanted
125
4.1
Located outside a place, group, or body
54
1.9
Not worth attention or notice
32
4.2
Not related to the subject or situation
29
7.7
Not important and not likely to make a difference
22
7.0
More than what is needed or useful
19
7.2
Not important or relevant to a situation
11
4.4
Not needed for something to work or be successful
7
2.3
Not necessary or useful in a situation
4
7.3
Not related to the topic being discussed
4
7.7
Not part of something and coming from outside
2
8.9
Not related to the topic being discussed
1
7.3
Not solid or real and having little value
1
5.3
Not needed for a particular purpose or situation
1
5.0
Not needed for the main purpose
1
9.9
Not suitable for a situation and therefore not important to the topic
Not important or serious compared with other things
Not solid, strong, or important
Not related to what is being discussed
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
Extra pay for employees who do work beyond their normal job tasks
How Relevant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Extraneous comes from the Latin root extra meaning 'outside', and it originally meant 'from outside' or 'not belonging'. So, extraneous now describes things that are not relevant or not part of the main thing.