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Irrelevant or not essential to the matter at hand.

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extraneous

The editor removed extraneous details that slowed the narrative.
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A photography club asked Owen for a comprehensive handover guide to its shared equipment, covering booking, collection, condition checks, and returns. The accompanying inventory needed to be exhaustive within its stated scope, listing every item in the cabinet so borrowers could check a kit before leaving. Owen removed an extraneous account of how the club had chosen its old logo.
From Enough Detail, in the Right Order.
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