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extraneous
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of EXTRANEOUS
1
not being a vital part of or belonging to something <the architect's streamlined modern style shuns any sort of extraneous ornamentation>
Related Words exterior, outside; immaterial, inapplicable, insignificant, irrelevant; nonessential, unessential, unnecessary
Near Antonyms congenital, deep-seated, inborn, inbred; inside, interior, internal; basic, essential, necessary
2
not having anything to do with the matter at hand <the professor would have covered all of the course material if she had refrained from her extraneous remarks on just about everything>
Related Words incidental, peripheral, tangent, tangential; dead, moot; inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant; empty, inane, meaningless, pointless, senseless, useless; inappropriate, inapt, unsuitable
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