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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are extraneous" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe elements that are unnecessary or irrelevant in a given context.
Example: "The additional details in the report are extraneous and do not contribute to the main argument."
Alternatives: "are unnecessary" or "are irrelevant".
Dictionary
are extraneous
adjective
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
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Slushy details are extraneous.
Those things are extraneous to the meat and potatoes of life, it suggests.
The collection is only partially organized, so every volume contains some bookplates that are extraneous to its main focus.
If the songs are extraneous to the story, concocted by nine writers, they define the movie's cheeky-campy tone.
Trade issues are "extraneous to what we are trying to construct here, which is a collaborative response to an extraordinary global challenge," Saran told the Associated Press.
On its new "Ire Works" (Relapse), there are extraneous bits of texture too: inserted digital-glitch sounds, instrumental breaks with strings and bells.
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The effort is extraneous.
"Those would be extraneous details".
"It's extraneous to the matter at hand".
I seemed, as a woman, to be extraneous.
Nothing is designed to look pretty, and nothing is extraneous.
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