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casual

/ˈkɛʒɘl/
noun

  1. A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.

  2. A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.

  3. A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).

adjective

  1. Happening by chance.

    "They only had casual meetings."

  2. Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

    "The purchase of donuts was just a casual expense."

  3. Employed irregularly.

    "He was just a casual worker."

Synonymsaccidental, fortuitous, incidental, occasional, random, unexpected
Antonymsinevitable, necessary, expected, scheduled, ceremonial, formal

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