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non-extraneous


adjective

  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.

adjective

  1. not essential
  2. not pertinent or applicable; irrelevant
  3. coming from without; of external origin
  4. not belonging; unrelated to that to which it is added or in which it is contained

adj.1630s, from Latin extraneus “external, strange,” from extra “outside of” (see extra-).

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