extraneousness
- noun
- /ɪkˈstreɪniəsnəs/
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irrelevancia
- During the meeting, the extraneousness of certain topics led to a lack of productivity and focus.
Examples
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A consequence of the extraneousness of the state, authoritarianism is seen to be unavoidable in view of the stage of development of African societies, or of their dependent entry into the world capitalist system.
Academic text (1992) -
"Georges Teyssot, "Water and Gas on all Floors": Notes on the Extraneousness of the Home, "Lotus International 44 (1985): 87."
Fiction book (1992) -
Things have still not changed, and the six years that have passed since the book came out have certainly not been sufficient to bring African arts into Italy's cultural mainstream, to judge if nothing else from the sense of exotic extraneousness they continue to arouse in the man on the street.
Academic text (2010) -
The extraneousness of irrelevant details in his presentation made it hard for the audience to focus.
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She tried to eliminate any extraneousness in her writing to keep her message clear and concise.
Synonyms
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Something not related to the main topic
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A state of not being important or having little effect
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5.4
A small detail that does not matter
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Something not connected to the main topic
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A situation or thing that is not worth much attention
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The state of not being suitable or useful in a particular situation
Not important to the subject or discussion
A state of not being part of the main thing and not needed
A lack of connection between things
A state in which something is not necessary
A thing or situation that is not needed
Being more than what is needed
Antonyms
How Relevant
Surface Forms
Morphology
extraneousness = extraneous (semi-transparent) = extrane + ous + ness
This is a regular noun formation meaning the quality or state of being extraneous.
Etymology
Extraneousness comes from the Latin root extra, meaning 'outside', so it began as the idea of something 'from outside' the main thing. Think of extra like an extra item you do not need, so extraneousness is the state of being not related or not needed.