extraneous

About 1.75 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.

   to separate gold from extraneous matter

2. adjective Not essential or intrinsic.

Similar words

extrinsic foreign outside irrelevant immaterial adulterant impertinent external adulterating exotic

Often followed by

to variables factors matter material and influences information matters

Word family

extraneously extraneousness extraneousnesses