extraneous

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The soundtrack captures the subtle smack of lips moving and the flutter of expressive hands moving through air, as well as extraneous sound like the hum of a jet passing overhead.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

And a solo for limber Yuniel Betancourt that is meant to serve as punctuation feels more extraneous than conclusive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

“I saw myself as this extraneous body that was a bit threatening,” Tres told Salon in a phone interview.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

"He was just quietly sitting there, taking script pages out, cutting them up, removing extraneous stuff like scene descriptions, and then sticking them back onto blank pages," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

He knew he couldn't tell stories, that he always included extraneous details and tangents that interested only him.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green