extraneous

adj 1: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue

extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial";

"mentioned several impertinent facts before finally

coming to the point" [syn: {immaterial}, {impertinent}]

2: not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and

somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"

3: not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced

from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter";

"foreign particles in milk" [syn: {foreign}]

4: coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera

spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous

income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: {external},

{outside}]