Extraneous
adjective
Not related or relevant to something, not needed.
The judge deemed the evidence as extraneous to the case.
Often appears as...
- extraneous factors
- extraneous variables
adjective
Coming from outside, not native.
Extraneous species can harm the local ecosystem.
Often appears as...
- extraneous species
- extraneous substances
adjective
Not part of the essential nature of things.
Anything extraneous to the core values of the company is dismissed.
Often appears as...
- extraneous issues
- extraneous factors
adjective
Not related or relevant to something, not needed.
The judge deemed the evidence as extraneous to the case.
Often appears as...
- extraneous factors
- extraneous variables
adjective
Coming from outside, not native.
Extraneous species can harm the local ecosystem.
Often appears as...
- extraneous species
- extraneous substances
adjective
Not part of the essential nature of things.
Anything extraneous to the core values of the company is dismissed.
Often appears as...
- extraneous issues
- extraneous factors
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Discard the Unnecessary
Use 'extraneous' to dismiss facts or details that don't contribute to the main point.
During editing, remove any extraneous information that distracts from the story.
Pro Tip 2/3Focus on Relevance
Highlight how certain elements are not connected to the subject at hand with 'extraneous'.
In her research paper, she avoided including any extraneous data.
Pro Tip 3/3Simplify Complexities
'Extraneous' implies simplifying a topic by removing non-essential parts.
He argued that the extraneous details were obscuring the main argument.
Compare with
immaterialimportantinapplicableirrelevancynecessarysuperfluoussurplusunrelated
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How changing your story...
Now, it's the job of all therapists to help people edit, but what's interesting about my specific role as Dear Therapist is that when I edit, I'm not just editing for one person. I'm trying to teach a whole group of readers how to edit, using one letter each week as the example. So I'm thinking about things like, "What material is extraneous?"
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Ross Lovegrove: The...
and when you look at it, you see human beings. When that moves into polymers, you can change the elasticity, the fluidity of the form. This is an idea for a gas-injected, one-piece polymer chair. What nature does is it drills holes in things. It liberates form. It takes away anything extraneous.
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Why we love, why we...
they tend to collect more pieces of data when they think, put them into more complex patterns, see more options and outcomes. They tend to be contextual, holistic thinkers, what I call web thinkers. Men tend to -- and these are averages -- tend to get rid of what they regard as extraneous,
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Sheena Iyengar: How to...
It also gets me excited about this big product that I'm putting together, so I'm more willing to be motivated to be engaged. So let me recap. I have talked about four techniques for mitigating the problem of choice overload -- cut -- get rid of the extraneous alternatives;
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The Secret Life of...
extraneous we we filter them out and we just we simply don't notice them these days plants need us more than ever the western gas alone have more than 200 threatened plant species and around the world tens of thousands of plant species are at risk of disappearing forever
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Less stuff, more...
Three main approaches. First of all, you have to edit ruthlessly. We've got to clear the arteries of our lives. And that shirt that I hadn't worn in years? It's time for me to let it go. We've got to cut the extraneous out of our lives,
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Luke Syson: How I...
I realize that in a way we're all victims of a certain kind of tyranny of the triumph of modernism whereby form and function in an object have to follow one another, or are deemed to do so. And the extraneous ornament is seen as really,
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Why genetic research...
It doesn't have the same physical limitations, in that it's not tethered to a lab bench with extraneous cords, large vats of chemicals or computer monitors. It allows us to de-black box genome sequencing technology development
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Less stuff, more...
approaches first of all you to edit ruthlessly we've got to clear the arteries of our lives and that shirt that I haven't wore in years it's time for me to let it go we've got to cut the extraneous out of our lives and we've
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An illustrated kingdom...
we just deprioritize registering plants, simply filtering out information that we view as extraneous. But stop to think about that. Are plants really extra? Are they just nature's backdrop?
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How changing your story...
Now, it's the job of all therapists to help people edit, but what's interesting about my specific role as Dear Therapist is that when I edit, I'm not just editing for one person. I'm trying to teach a whole group of readers how to edit, using one letter each week as the example. So I'm thinking about things like, "What material is extraneous?"
Video examples
Ross Lovegrove: The...
and when you look at it, you see human beings. When that moves into polymers, you can change the elasticity, the fluidity of the form. This is an idea for a gas-injected, one-piece polymer chair. What nature does is it drills holes in things. It liberates form. It takes away anything extraneous.
Video examples
Why we love, why we...
they tend to collect more pieces of data when they think, put them into more complex patterns, see more options and outcomes. They tend to be contextual, holistic thinkers, what I call web thinkers. Men tend to -- and these are averages -- tend to get rid of what they regard as extraneous,
Video examples
Sheena Iyengar: How to...
It also gets me excited about this big product that I'm putting together, so I'm more willing to be motivated to be engaged. So let me recap. I have talked about four techniques for mitigating the problem of choice overload -- cut -- get rid of the extraneous alternatives;
Video examples
The Secret Life of...
extraneous we we filter them out and we just we simply don't notice them these days plants need us more than ever the western gas alone have more than 200 threatened plant species and around the world tens of thousands of plant species are at risk of disappearing forever
Video examples
Less stuff, more...
Three main approaches. First of all, you have to edit ruthlessly. We've got to clear the arteries of our lives. And that shirt that I hadn't worn in years? It's time for me to let it go. We've got to cut the extraneous out of our lives,
Video examples
Luke Syson: How I...
I realize that in a way we're all victims of a certain kind of tyranny of the triumph of modernism whereby form and function in an object have to follow one another, or are deemed to do so. And the extraneous ornament is seen as really,
Video examples
Why genetic research...
It doesn't have the same physical limitations, in that it's not tethered to a lab bench with extraneous cords, large vats of chemicals or computer monitors. It allows us to de-black box genome sequencing technology development
Video examples
Less stuff, more...
approaches first of all you to edit ruthlessly we've got to clear the arteries of our lives and that shirt that I haven't wore in years it's time for me to let it go we've got to cut the extraneous out of our lives and we've
Video examples
An illustrated kingdom...
we just deprioritize registering plants, simply filtering out information that we view as extraneous. But stop to think about that. Are plants really extra? Are they just nature's backdrop?
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Pamela Meyer
American Author
In the split-second before someone prepares to answer a question, he will consciously or subconsciously evaluate what the best possible answer might be. For a truthful person, the best possible answer might omit some information. It might have a few extraneous details. But it will still offer the information requested.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.
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Wilbur Ross
American Businessman
One of the problems with industries that have been in relatively long-term declines is that, very often, the managements in those industries develop a kind of loser mentality. And when you ask them what's wrong with the business, they'll point to extraneous forces.
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Rick Riordan
American Author
For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose your pacing or if you have pages of extraneous description, a kid's not going to do that. They will drop the book.
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William Albert Allard
Photographer
What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.
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Yves Behar
Swiss Designer
The role of designers and product makers is to really become much better editors. What kind of functionality is actually needed - and truly delightful - to consumers? Remove all the extraneous stuff.
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Joshua Bell
American Musician
When you hear extraneous noise, they are bored in some way, so it makes me upset. Even coughing, I find, is passive-aggressive, usually.
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Peter Serafinowicz
English Actor
Twitter taught me how to become better at writing jokes because it forces you to chip away at all the extraneous words.
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Haley Joel Osment
American Actor
My parents never got carried away with the extraneous elements of being in the business.
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Howard Hodgkin
British Artist
I think that words are often extraneous to what I do.
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Pamela Meyer
American Author
In the split-second before someone prepares to answer a question, he will consciously or subconsciously evaluate what the best possible answer might be. For a truthful person, the best possible answer might omit some information. It might have a few extraneous details. But it will still offer the information requested.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.
Quote examples
Wilbur Ross
American Businessman
One of the problems with industries that have been in relatively long-term declines is that, very often, the managements in those industries develop a kind of loser mentality. And when you ask them what's wrong with the business, they'll point to extraneous forces.
Quote examples
Rick Riordan
American Author
For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose your pacing or if you have pages of extraneous description, a kid's not going to do that. They will drop the book.
Quote examples
William Albert Allard
Photographer
What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.
Quote examples
Yves Behar
Swiss Designer
The role of designers and product makers is to really become much better editors. What kind of functionality is actually needed - and truly delightful - to consumers? Remove all the extraneous stuff.
Quote examples
Joshua Bell
American Musician
When you hear extraneous noise, they are bored in some way, so it makes me upset. Even coughing, I find, is passive-aggressive, usually.
Quote examples
Peter Serafinowicz
English Actor
Twitter taught me how to become better at writing jokes because it forces you to chip away at all the extraneous words.
Quote examples
Haley Joel Osment
American Actor
My parents never got carried away with the extraneous elements of being in the business.
Quote examples
Howard Hodgkin
British Artist
I think that words are often extraneous to what I do.
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