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Extraneous
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter. Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment. Landor. -- Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly, adv.