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    [Adjective]  | "ex*tra*ne*ous" | \ ek-ˈstrā-nē-əs \


    1: existing on or coming from the outside

    2: not forming an essential or vital part

    3: having no relevance


    Origin: 1638 ;

     Latin extrāneus "not belonging to one's family or household, coming from abroad, foreign, external" + {see: |-ous|-ous} {mat|strange:1|};

    [Adjective]  | "extraneous" 


    1: not being a vital part of or belonging to something;


      * e.g., " ... the architect's streamlined modern style shuns any sort of extraneous ornamentation "





    2: not having anything to do with the matter at hand;


      * e.g., " ... the professor would have covered all of the course material if she had refrained from her extraneous remarks on just about everything "





     [ "extraneous" ]

    1: Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with

      * e.g.,  ... Her question very extraneous . 

     [ "Extraneous Seductive Advertisements" ]

    1: Any ad and/or commercial containing images or any other form of a seductive nature partially or completely unrelated to the product being marketed.

      * e.g.,  ... The Stay Asleep Longer Ads (showing two hot girls in a field playing with eachother's hair) are "Extraneous Seductive Advertisements". 

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