extraneous
/ɪkˈstreɪniəs/
adjective
- Not directly connected to or relevant to the main subject or situation; irrelevant.
- The teacher told us to remove any extraneous information from our essays.
- His comments were extraneous to the discussion and wasted everyone's time.
- During the meeting, we ignored extraneous topics and focused on the budget.
- Coming from outside; not belonging or proper to a thing.
- The lab results were contaminated by extraneous particles from the air.
- We need to filter out extraneous noise from the recording.
- The plant's growth was affected by extraneous factors like soil quality and sunlight.