extraneous


irrelevant, unnecessary

TRANSLATION

extraneous = nicht zu einer Sache gehörig, irrelevant --- GOOGLE INDEX extraneous: approximately 2,300,000 Google hits

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

Since taking over as CEO, Page has cut back on EXTRANEOUS projects, launched a social networking service to challenge Facebook, and signed a $12.5 billion deal to acquire smartphone maker Motorola Mobility Inc.

(International Business Times)

---
This writing course explores areas such as crafting a narrative, maintaining a consistent and engaging point of view, establishing a historical vantage point, and learning how to spot EXTRANEOUS information while retaining all the intimate details that make the story a rich experience for readers.

(The Guardian)

Did you
know?

extraneous
adjective

- not directly connected with or related to something

(Cambridge Dictionaries)

---
Extraneous is a 17th century word from the Latin "extraneus" (external, strange) and further from the Latin "extra," meaning outside of. Although the Latin "extra" was only recorded in classical Latin in the term "extraordinarious," it was frequently used in Medieval Latin and in some modern formations.

From the Latin extraneous we also get the word "strange" by way of the Old French estrange (foreign, alien, unusual, unfamiliar, curious; distant; inhospitable; estranged, separated) and the Modern French étrange. It's also the source of related words in Italian (strano) and Spanish (estrano).

Extraneous is used in several slightly different contexts:

1) irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with

It's a good report, but he makes you read through many pages of extraneous material.

2) of external origin

We can't listen to the radio because of the extraneous interference.

3) separate from the object to which it is attached

The process first cleans the coffee beans to remove any extraneous material.

---
SYNONYMS

additional, immaterial, incidental, superfluous, unessential, needless, unrelated, unconnected, beside the point, off the subject, external, alien, strange, inapplicable, out of place

---
SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation

"Most people have lots of extraneous software on their computer."

---
Thanks to Sabine for suggesting today's word!

More Word Quizzes:

whinge

6 years ago

to celebrate

SORRY,
please try again...

to complain

Congrats Your Answer is Correct.

to sleep

SORRY,
please try again...

recalcitrant

7 years ago

to be unwilling to obey orders or follow discipline

Congrats Your Answer is Correct.

to be bad at arithmetic and mental calculations

SORRY,
please try again...

to be motivated to keep going and not to give up

SORRY,
please try again...

pander

7 years ago

to promote

SORRY,
please try again...

to punish

SORRY,
please try again...

to please

Congrats Your Answer is Correct.

old boy network

7 years ago

a powerful network of people in high places

Congrats Your Answer is Correct.

a social media chat group of people over 60

SORRY,
please try again...

the surviving veterans of World War II

SORRY,
please try again...

on tenterhooks

7 years ago

a feeling of guilt (Schuld)

SORRY,
please try again...

a feeling of love (Liebe)

SORRY,
please try again...

a feeling of anxiety (Besorgnis)

Congrats Your Answer is Correct.

Copyright © 2000-2023 PSA - All Rights Reserved