Words with a similar base: extraneous

'extraneous'
[extraneous.s.01] as in: not pertinent to the matter under consideration


Examples:
an issue extraneous to the debate
the price was immaterial
mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point



'extraneous'
[extraneous.s.02] as in: not essential


Examples:
the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play


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'extraneous'
[extraneous.s.03] as in: not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source


Examples:
water free of extraneous matter
foreign particles in milk



'extraneous'
[external.s.01] as in: coming from the outside


Examples:
extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph
relying upon an extraneous income
disdaining outside pressure groups



					

extraneous (English)
└── extraneus (Latin)
└── extra (Latin)
└── exter (Latin)


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