[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"extraneous"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=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: [URL=http://www.word.sc/immaterial]immaterial[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/impertinent]impertinent[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/orthogonal]orthogonal[/URL]] [*]not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play" [*]not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/foreign]foreign[/URL]] [*]coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/external]external[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/outside]outside[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/extraneous]http://www.word.sc/extraneous[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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