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Extraneous

adjective

/ekˈstɹæɪ.ni.əs/

Word Frequency: 1.8

Definitions

1.adjectiveNot belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign

"Extraneous substances were found on my cup of water."

2.adjectiveNot essential or intrinsic

Synonyms

additional alien foreign intrusive extra superfluous extrinsic outside irrelevant immaterial adulterant impertinent

Rhymes With

spontaneous simultaneous contemporaneous miscellaneous sanious percutaneous genus lanius lanius

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