Added 9 October 2026
extraneous
/ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/ adjective
In Latin: extrāneus Wiktionary
adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about extraneous at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Not pertinent to the matter under consideration.
an issue extraneous to the debate
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Not essential.
the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play
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Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source.
water free of extraneous matter
Origin
From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.
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