Synonyms:
extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
extraneous
Meaning: not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
Usage examples
He gave no thought to the extraneous influence it exerted on other phases upon which his life touched.
Secondly, This further may be considered concerning relation, that though it be not contained in the real existence of things, but something extraneous and superinduced, yet the ideas which relative words stand for are often clearer and more distinct than of those substances to which they do belong.