extraneous

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extraneous definition

1. not pertinent to the matter under consideration
• examples: an issue extraneous to the debate
• examples: the price was immaterial
• examples: mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point
2. not essential
• examples: 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
• examples: water free of extraneous matter
• examples: foreign particles in milk