noun obsolete State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness.
How do you use extraneous?
Extraneous in a Sentence ?
- Because of so many extraneous details in the instructions, Dad wasn't able to put the toy together in time for Christmas morning.
- If you slip off your diet, the extraneous calories will make you gain all the weight you lost.
What is another term for extraneous?
Some common synonyms of extraneous are alien, extrinsic, and foreign.