1. added from an external source; supplemental or additional
Usage: formal; rare

Examples

• The committee included several adscititious members from other departments.
• His argument relied heavily on adscititious evidence rather than core facts.
• The building’s adscititious features were added during the renovation.
• She questioned whether the adscititious details were truly necessary.
• The report contained both original research and adscititious material from other studies.
• The adscititious elements of the design seemed out of place with the original structure.