extraneous.
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
Meaning & usage
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
to separate gold from extraneous matter
Extraneous substances were found on my cup of water.
Not essential or intrinsic.
Where this word comes from
From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.
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