extraneous

• Beschreibt etwas, das nicht zur Sache gehört, unwesentlich, unnötig oder von außen hinzugekommen ist.

Describes something that is irrelevant, unnecessary, or not belonging to the main subject or system.

1. Irrelevant or unrelatedC1formal

   Not directly connected with or relevant to the matter at hand.

   Nicht zur Sache gehörend

   • The judge ruled that the testimony was extraneous to the case.
   • Please omit any extraneous details from your report.
   • His comments were extraneous and did not contribute to the discussion.

   Synonymeexternalforeignimmaterialinapplicableinaptincidentalirrelevantoutsideperipheralsuperfluousunconnectedunrelated

   Antonymeapplicablegermanepertinentrelatedrelevant

2. C1formal

   Originating from or coming from outside a system, environment, or organism.

   Von außen kommend

   • The plant was affected by extraneous factors like pollution.
   • Extraneous noise from the street disrupted the recording.
   • The experiment was designed to control for extraneous variables.

   Synonymeadventitiousexogenousexternalextrinsicforeignoutside

   Antonymeinnateinternalintrinsic