Vocabulary Entry

extraneous

|adjective • noun

adjective

Not necessary; irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being considered.

Example Sentences

"The report contained several extraneous details that distracted from the main point."

"She was annoyed by the extraneous noise coming from the construction site."

"The teacher advised us to focus only on the relevant information and ignore extraneous facts."

noun

Example Sentences

"He removed the extraneous from his manuscript to improve clarity."

"The extraneous in her argument made it less persuasive."

"I found several extraneous in the calculation that needed to be cleaned up."