extraneous

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Learn the meaning of extraneous with synonyms, antonyms and an example sentence. Part of our 11 plus vocabulary list used for selective school and grammar school preparation.

extraneous

(adjective)

Meaning

not essential or relevant

Example

"The teacher warned us against including extraneous details in our essays."

Synonyms

irrelevantsuperfluousunrelated

Antonyms

essentialnecessaryrelevant