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Explore Extraneous through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like extrinsic or external. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Extraneous meaning

  1. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
  2. Not essential or intrinsic.

Using Extraneous

  • The main meaning on this page is: Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign. | Not essential or intrinsic.
  • Useful related words include: extrinsic, external, adulterant, adulterating.
  • In the example corpus, extraneous often appears in combinations such as: the extraneous, and extraneous, of extraneous.

Context around Extraneous

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Extraneous

  • In this selection, "extraneous" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, using, everything, away, elements, materials and words stand out and add context to how "extraneous" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a single extraneous option in and algorithms and extraneous social networking. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "extraneous" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with extraneous

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Put aside everything extraneous which monopolizes your energies. (8 words)

Gone are pesky ads and other extraneous distractions. (8 words)

Ecobee remains our favorite thermostat, but adding Alexa functionality seems rather extraneous. (12 words)

If you're a fan of action-RPGs and crave some proper Fallout-style action that's distilled to its proper essence – i.e. with none of that building nonsense or other extraneous elements – then you'll love The Outer Worlds. (41 words)

Just an endless list of names to be paired with the requisite Nissan Sentras, Chevy Malibus, and Dodge Journeys, all lined up in a row with conspicuous crumbs in the seat cushions and not a single extraneous option in sight. (40 words)

That's the idea behind Niagara Launcher, which works to strip away all the extraneous elements of an Android home screen and leave you only with fast and fuss-free tools to get where you need to go. (38 words)

That gave Dr. Yu an idea: Why not make a custom piece of RNA to block the effects of the extraneous DNA? (22 words)

Example sentences (20)

He avoids using extraneous words, even opting not to use the word “and” in the final clause of the second-to-last sentence of the paragraph.

It’s like the morning paper, but in digital form, and without all the extraneous stuff unrelated to tech.

Put aside everything extraneous which monopolizes your energies.

That's the idea behind Niagara Launcher, which works to strip away all the extraneous elements of an Android home screen and leave you only with fast and fuss-free tools to get where you need to go.

This minimisation happens by not registering or recognising such deaths as caused by spurious liquor, by not conducting post mortems or accepting requests for not doing postmortem, or ascribing the deaths to extraneous factors”.

And big datasets can be messy, coming in formats incomprehensible to a model — formats containing a lot of noise and extraneous information.

More than 100,000 pounds of turkey has been recalled after complaints of "extraneous materials" being found within the product.

Stripping away extraneous layers of guitar, and cutting Noel’s more Slash-like solos, he mixed the record in what he called a “brick-walling” style.

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If you're a fan of action-RPGs and crave some proper Fallout-style action that's distilled to its proper essence – i.e. with none of that building nonsense or other extraneous elements – then you'll love The Outer Worlds.

The possibility of fluorescent protein molecules behaving as antennas capable of absorbing extraneous light had been assumed, but it long proved difficult to confirm, and that limited its applications.

The recall was made due to concerns that the products may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically hard plastic.

Ecobee remains our favorite thermostat, but adding Alexa functionality seems rather extraneous.

Essentially nothing extraneous was added to the salamander mucus, according to the authors.

Evidently, even with ‘higher powers’ in the form of fiddly search engines, inconsistent algorithms and extraneous social networking moderators trying to shut their work down, s voice continues to emerge victorious.

Gone are pesky ads and other extraneous distractions.

Just an endless list of names to be paired with the requisite Nissan Sentras, Chevy Malibus, and Dodge Journeys, all lined up in a row with conspicuous crumbs in the seat cushions and not a single extraneous option in sight.

Most of his trims are welcome — extraneous exposition delivered by tertiary characters.

Policy makers should insist that schools audit their educational-software purchases and end extraneous contracts.

That gave Dr. Yu an idea: Why not make a custom piece of RNA to block the effects of the extraneous DNA?

Another advantage to making your own caramel and candy apples is that the results are so elegant that you don’t need all the extraneous toppings and decorations.

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Common combinations with extraneous

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "extraneous" in a sentence?
An example: "He avoids using extraneous words, even opting not to use the word “and” in the final clause of the second-to-last sentence of the paragraph." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "extraneous" from authentic English texts.
What does "extraneous" mean?
Extraneous means: Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
What are synonyms of "extraneous"?
Common synonyms of "extraneous" include: extrinsic, external, adulterant, adulterating, foreign, irrelevant, orthogonal, impertinent. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "extraneous" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "extraneous", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.