Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

ADJECTIVE 4

1. not pertinent to the matter under consideration

   • “an issue extraneous to the debate”
   • “the price was immaterial”
   • “mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point”
   Synonymsimmaterialimpertinentorthogonal

2. not essential

   • “the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play”

3. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source

   • “water free of extraneous matter”
   • “foreign particles in milk”
   Synonymsforeign

4. coming from the outside

   • “extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph”
   • “relying upon an extraneous income”
   • “disdaining outside pressure groups”
   Synonymsexternaloutside