🗑️extraneous

adjective
/ɪkˈstreɪ.ni.əs/

Meaning

Not directly related or essential to the matter at hand; irrelevant.

Example Sentences

The editor removed extraneous details from the report.

Synonyms

irrelevant, unnecessary, unrelated, superfluous, redundant

Antonyms

relevant, essential, necessary

Collocations

extraneous details, extraneous information, extraneous factors, extraneous noise

Related Vocabularies

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