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extraneous
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
extraneous
(adjective)
extraneous
/ɛk
ˈ
streɪnijəs/
adjective
extraneous
/ɛk
ˈ
streɪnijəs/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of EXTRANEOUS
:
not forming a necessary part of something
She sped up the process by eliminating all
extraneous
steps.
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not important
extraneous
[=
irrelevant
] information/details
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