extraneous

Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective not pertinent to the matter under consideration
  2. adjective not essential
  3. adjective not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source

Etymology

From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.

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Synonyms

immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal

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