extrinsic

adjective

1. not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; “extrinsic evidence”; “an extrinsic feature of the new building”; “that style is something extrinsic to the subject”; “looking for extrinsic aid”

   Antonym

   • intrinsic, intrinsical

   Similar to

   • adventitious, adscititious, alien, foreign, external, extraneous, outside, extraneous

   See also

   • inessential, unessential