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extraneous

[ik-strey-nee-uhs] / ɪkˈstreɪ ni əs /
ADJECTIVE
unneeded; irrelevant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
additional immaterial incidental nonessential superfluous supplementary unconnected unnecessary unrelated
WEAK
accidental adventitious beside the point extra foreign impertinent inadmissible inapplicable inapposite inappropriate inessential needless off the subject peripheral pointless redundant unessential
Antonyms
STRONGEST
essential important material necessary needed relevant
WEAK
appropriate basic integral national native pertinent
ADJECTIVE
foreign
Synonyms
STRONGEST
external
WEAK
adventitious alien exotic extrinsic out of place strange
Antonyms
WEAK
appropriate basic essential integral national native necessary needed pertinent relevant

Example Sentences

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And a solo for limber Yuniel Betancourt that is meant to serve as punctuation feels more extraneous than conclusive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Ellie’s choppy boat ride, the rogue wave washing her ashore, her capture and release at the hands of the cult — all were colorful and dramatic but felt abrupt and even extraneous to the story.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2025

"He was just quietly sitting there, taking script pages out, cutting them up, removing extraneous stuff like scene descriptions, and then sticking them back onto blank pages," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

One could read this strange, extraneous sight as Perkins’ attempt to send up our macabre fixation with death, rubbernecking at gruesome sights we should want to turn away from.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025

He knew he couldn't tell stories, that he always included extraneous details and tangents that interested only him.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

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