Tom has a hard time blocking out extraneous information.
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Extraneous
/ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/
Synonyms for "extraneous" (163 found)
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Closest matches (33)
accidentaladdedadditionaladriftadventitiousalienapartbarbarianbarbaricbarbarousbeside the markbeside the pointbeside the questioncircumstantialdetacheddisconnecteddiscretedisjunctdisrelateddissociated
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Strong matches (49)
extraorganismalextraterrestrialextrinsicforeignforeign-bornimmaterialimpersonalimpertinentinadmissibleinapplicableinappositeinappropriateinaptincidentalincommensurableincomparableinconsequentindependentinessentialinsular
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Adjective(20 words)
extrinsic tongue musclesfalse solutionforeignimmaterialimmaterial conceptimmaterial entityimpertinentinvalid solutionirrelevantirrelevant datairrelevant detailirrelevant factirrelevant fieldirrelevant issueirrelevant materialirrelevant moduleirrelevant remarkirrelevant subjectirrelevant taskirrelevant topics
Noun(3 words)
immaterial thingirrelevant exampleirrelevant to
Related words (81)
Noun(7 words)
needlessnihil ad remnonessentialnonsubjectivenot at issueobjectiveoff the subjectotherout of placeout-of-the-wayoutlandoutlandishoutlyingoutsideoutwardparentheticparentheticalperipheralpointlessremote
Adjective(29 words)
non-cretannoneducational frameworknonessentialoff topic questionoff topic sectionomissibleorthogonaloutsideoutside variableparentheticredundantredundant detailsspurious solutionsuperfluoussuperfluous detailsungrounded claimunimportant claimunimportant personunnecessaryunnecessary criterion
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unnecessary detailsunrelated activityunrelated conceptunrelated demonstrationunrelated ideasunrelated subjectunrelated to physicsunrelated topicunwanted
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
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5 entriesextraneous detailextraneous factorextraneous informationextraneous noiseextraneous variable
Inflections
2 entriesmore extraneousmost extraneous
Derivations
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4 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Eliminate extraneous punctuation.
Source: tatoeba (10478491)
Love is what matters; everything else is extraneous.
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Everything beyond food, water, and shelter is extraneous.
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