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extraneous

adjective
  1. coming from the outside
    “extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph”
    outside
  2. not essential
    “the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play”
  3. not pertinent to the matter under consideration
    “an issue extraneous to the debate”
    impertinent
  4. not belonging to that in which it is contained
    foreign