Definition of Extraneous

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Definition of Extraneous
	Extraneous Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter. Related Definitions: As, Belonging, Beyond, Dependent, Essential, Extraneous, Foreign, From, Gold, Intrinsic, Matter, Not, Or, Separate, Thing, To, Upon, Without

Extraneous Quotations

What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.
William Albert Allard

Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information.
Dick Wolf

Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.
Primo Levi

I think that words are often extraneous to what I do.
Howard Hodgkin

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