"extraneous" adjective 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: immaterial (http://word.sc/immaterial), impertinent (http://word.sc/impertinent), orthogonal (http://word.sc/orthogonal)] 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: foreign (http://word.sc/foreign)] coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: external (http://word.sc/external), outside (http://word.sc/outside)] Source: http://www.word.sc/extraneous

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