Extraneous Definition

ĭk-strānē-əs
adjective
Not constituting an essential or vital element or part.
School rules forbidding extraneous clothing like hats.
American Heritage
Not truly or properly belonging; not essential.
Webster's New World
Unrelated to the topic or matter at hand.
American Heritage
Coming from outside; foreign.
An extraneous substance.
Webster's New World
Not pertinent; irrelevant.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Extraneous

  • From Latin extrāneus from extrā outside extra–

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”)

    From Wiktionary

Extraneous Sentence Examples

  • If there are no extraneous forces, the resultant linear momentum is constant in every respect.

  • Partaking human food is now extraneous, yet can still be quite enjoyable.

  • The musical growth is spoilt, the development of the themes is stopped, or prevented, by some reference to extraneous ideas.

  • It is probable also that the " extraneous discourses " (Oi i wTEpLKoi Aoyoc) sometimes mentioned in them here mean dialectical discussions of a subject from opinions extraneous to its nature, as opposed to scientific deduction from its appropriate principles.

  • Pierre now recognized in his friend a need with which he was only too familiar, to get excited and to have arguments about extraneous matters in order to stifle thoughts that were too oppressive and too intimate.

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