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extracurricular

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[ UK /ˌɛkstɹəkəɹˈɪkjʊlɐ/ ]
[ US /ˌɛkstɹəkɝˈɪkjəɫɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. characterized by adultery
    extramarital affairs
    the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband
    an adulterous relationship
  2. outside the regular duties of your job or profession
  3. outside the regular academic curriculum
    sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities

How To Use extracurricular In A Sentence

  • Looking back over the many extracurricular activities that our children have dabbled in at different stages, nothing has enriched their lives more than music.
  • My matriculation at F. & M. was characterised by total immersion in "extracurricular" activities. Hank Duckman
  • He detailed the future president's extracurricular activities while governor.
  • The kids who had to sit at a series of desks all day doing "curricular" things mostly didn't have time to get good at a lot of extracurriculars. Kate Fridkis: Doing Nothing and Everything in Your Twenties
  • Most of the students in the class took an active part in extracurricular.
  • Schools cancelled extracurricular activities, and many parents took their children out of classes after word of the bomb threat spread.
  • It has long been established that the village is an arena for rather large amounts of extracurricular activity. Times, Sunday Times
  • Students who lived on campus and were involved in fraternities, sororities or extracurricular activities were less likely to drop out of college.
  • Mr. Kennedy's relentless extracurricular pronging is now common knowledge, but was not well known to the nation when he occupied the White House. Lisa Nesselson: JFK, Marilyn Monroe and, uh, Sarah Palin -- The French Recollection
  • Besides running the volunteers' homestay, he provides transport and accommodation for extracurricular weekends exploring the island. Times, Sunday Times
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