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ex•tra•ne•ous



Pronunciation: (ik-strā'nē-us), [key]
—adj.
1. introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign: extraneous substances in our water.
2. not pertinent; irrelevant: an extraneous remark; extraneous decoration.

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