EXTRANEOUS


Meaning of EXTRANEOUS in English

/ ɪkˈstreɪniəs; NAmE / adjective

extraneous (to sth) ( formal ) not directly connected with the particular situation you are in or the subject you are dealing with

SYN irrelevant :

We do not want any extraneous information on the page.

We shall ignore factors extraneous to the problem.

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from Latin extraneus + -ous .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.