EXTRANEOUS

(adj.) coming from the outside
"extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph", "relying upon an extraneous income", "disdaining outside pressure groups"
synonyms : external , outside
(adj.) not essential
"the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
(adj.) not pertinent to the matter under consideration
"an issue extraneous to the debate", "the price was immaterial", "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
synonyms : immaterial , impertinent , orthogonal
(adj.) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
"water free of extraneous matter", "foreign particles in milk"
synonyms : foreign

Mnemonics for extraneous

(Tag: ) concentrate on extra + ne + ous.....something that is extra is NOT ESSENTIAL(NE)
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(Tag: ) Think of news channels....EXTRA+NEWS...In order to get TRP, news channels show irrelevant or unrelated things hence the news are most of the times EXTRANEOUS
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(Tag: ) EX(extra)+TRANEOUS(trainees)...We don't need any EXTRA TRAINEES...we have got enuf in our city
added by ArDoR Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) EXTRA hai- nahi (NE) - use (OUS).....something in excess and not of any worth
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(Tag: hospital) extra nurse are comming from outside
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(Tag: ) Extra + neo(new) + us => I would not allow Extra New ppls' interference in Us (in our relationship)
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(Tag: ) Extra + adjective suffix (ous) = Extraneous
added by onno manush Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) sounds 'extra in ous' >> these people do belong to our group, means are extra.. they are not of any use in our group..
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(Tag: ) Extra on US. So it is not inherent.
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