casual
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/ˈkɛʒɘl/
English
Definitions
noun
- A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
- A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
- A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
- One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
adjective
- Happening by chance.“They only had casual meetings.”
- Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.“The purchase of donuts was just a casual expense.”
- Employed irregularly.“He was just a casual worker.”
- Careless.
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Synonyms
accidentalfortuitousincidentaloccasionalrandomunexpectedinformalchancefree-and-easypassingnonchalanteverydayirregulareasyfamiliarinsouciantperfunctoryfooling