Examples: an issue extraneous to the debate the price was immaterial mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point
Examples: the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play
Examples: water free of extraneous matter foreign particles in milk
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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