Hyphenation of extraneous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word extraneous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

ex-tra-ne-ous

Definitions of extraneous:

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
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
4.	Coming from the outside Extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph Relying upon an extraneous income Disdaining outside pressure groups

Synonyms of extraneous:

adj	immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal, irrelevant
adj	extrinsic
adj	foreign, adulterating, adulterant
adj	external, outside, extrinsic

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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