extraneous
- (not-comparable) Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
- (not-comparable) Not essential or intrinsic.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/
Etymology
In summary
From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.
irrelevent
not closely connected
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