Extraneous
Extraneous adjective - Not being a vital part of or belonging to something.
Purposeless and extraneous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Purposeless" instead an adjective "Extraneous".
Purposeless
Purposeless adjective - Not evidencing any purpose or goal.
Extraneous and purposeless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extraneous" instead an adjective "Purposeless".
Nearby Words: purpose, purposeful
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- unimportant and extraneous
- unimportant and purposeless
- insignificant and extraneous
- insignificant and purposeless
- incongruous and extraneous
- incongruous and purposeless
- useless and extraneous
- useless and purposeless
- trivial and extraneous
- trivial and purposeless
- trifling and extraneous
- trifling and purposeless
- inconsequential and extraneous
- inconsequential and purposeless
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