extraneous ik-STRAY-nee-uhs adjective WS #17

irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with; coming from outside; not belonging to or dependent on a thing; foreign or external

1. His extraneous comments during the meeting wasted valuable time.
2. The essay contained too many extraneous details that distracted from the main argument.
3. The scientist had to filter out extraneous variables that could affect the experiment results.
4. The editor suggested cutting the extraneous paragraphs to improve the story's flow.
5. Please remove any extraneous information from your report to keep it focused.