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Meaning of extraneous


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  extraneous
      adj 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" [syn: {extraneous},
             {immaterial}, {impertinent}, {orthogonal}]
      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" [syn: {extraneous}, {foreign}]
      4: coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera
         spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income";
         "disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: {external},
         {extraneous}, {outside}]


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