extraneous
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ˈɛkst
ekst
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reÉĒ
rei
neous
niəs
niēs
/ɛkstɚˈe‍ÉĒni‍əs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "extraneous"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•

unnecessary or unrelated to the matter or subject at hand
Disapproving
Formal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In order to improve the clarity of the presentation, the speaker decided to eliminate extraneous slides that did not contribute to the main message.
āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ›āϤāĻž āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āύāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āϞāĻžāχāĻĄāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ

physically added or attached from outside, but not originally part of the object itself
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The robot malfunctioned due to extraneous metal fragments lodged in its joints.
āϰ⧋āĻŦāϟāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻœā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻ—āϤ āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļā§€

originating from an outside source
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The extraneous light from street lamps made it difficult to see the stars clearly.
āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāϏāĻž āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āφāϞ⧋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

extraneousness
extraneous
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ