Extraneous
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

5 letters

UNAPT

APART
Not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"

EXTRA
Something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency"

INAPT
Not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"

OTHER
Very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow

ALIEN
Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

ADDED

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ADRIFT
Afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm the boats were adrift"

EXOTIC
Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"

REMOTE
A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV"

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OUTSIDE
The outer side or surface of something

FOREIGN
Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"

STRANGE
Not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"

REMOVED
Separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

OUTWARD
Toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"

OUTLAND

INSULAR
Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"

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UNNEEDED
Not necessary

UNALLIED

ULTERIOR
Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote; "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw

SEPARATE
A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

OUTLYING
Relatively far from a center or middle; "outlying settlements"

NEEDLESS
Unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

ISOLATED
Not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"

EXTERIOR
The outer side or surface of something

DISJUNCT
Having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects

DISCRETE
Constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

DETACHED
No longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"

BARBARIC
Without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"

EXTERNAL
Happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures"

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UNRELATED
Not connected by kinship

REPUGNANT
Offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

INTRUSIVE
Tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive"

OBJECTIVE
The lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed

POINTLESS
Not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"

EXTRINSIC
Not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"

BARBARIAN
A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

BARBAROUS
Primitive in customs and culture

UNFITTING
Not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior"

UNEARTHLY
Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley

SEPARATED
Spaced apart

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SEGREGATED
Separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"

TANGENTIAL
Of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark"

OUTLANDISH
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

OUTOFPLACE
In a setting where one is or feels inappropriate or incongruous; "he felt out of place in the lingerie shop"

PERIPHERAL
Related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"

NOTATISSUE

NIHILADREM

INCIDENTAL
An item that is incidental

IRRELATIVE

INAPPOSITE
Of an inappropriate or misapplied nature

IMPERSONAL
Having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"

EXTRANEOUS
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"

ACCIDENTAL
A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature

DISRELATED

IRRELEVANT
Having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "an irrelevant comment"; "irrelevant allegations"

ORTHOGONAL
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"

IMMATERIAL
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"

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IMPERTINENT
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"

UNRELATABLE

UNNECESSARY
Not necessary

UNESSENTIAL
Not basic or fundamental

UNCONNECTED
Not joined or linked together

SUPERFLUOUS
More than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

OUTOFTHEWAY
Murdered; "the mob boss wanted his rival out of the way"

INESSENTIAL
Anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"

PARENTHETIC
Qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; "parenthetical remarks"

INDEPENDENT
A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

FOREIGNBORN

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UNASSOCIATED

UNAFFILIATED
Not affiliated

NONESSENTIAL
Anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"

INCONSEQUENT
Lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet"

INCOMPARABLE
Such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared; "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data"

INAPPLICABLE
Not capable of being applied; "rules inapplicable to day students"

INADMISSIBLE
Not deserving to be admitted; "inadmissible evidence"

DISCONNECTED
Having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"

ADVENTITIOUS
Associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"

OFTHESUBJECT

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INAPPROPRIATE
Not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them"

NONSUBJECTIVE
Undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence"

BESIDETHEMARK

DISASSOCIATED

SUPPLEMENTARY
Functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches"

SUPERNUMERARY
A minor actor in crowd scenes

PARENTHETICAL
An expression in parentheses; "his writing was full of parentheticals"

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CIRCUMSTANTIAL
Fully detailed and specific about particulars; "a circumstantial report about the debate"

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INCOMMENSURABLE
Not having a common factor

EXTRAORGANISMAL

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EXTRATERRESTRIAL
A form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere

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