HyperDic: adventitious

English > 1 sense of the word adventitious:
ADJECTIVEalladventitiousassociated by chance and not an integral part
English > adventitious: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningassociated by chance and not an integral part.
Example "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"
Broaderextrinsicnot forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
Spanishaccidental, adventicio, ectópico, exógeno
Catalanaccidental, adventici, exogen

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