casual
Happening by chance.
Adjective 4 meanings
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.
Noun 4 meanings
A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
A worker who is doing a particular type of job temporarily, not as a lifetime career.
A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
A tramp.
Etymology
From Middle French casuel, from Late Latin cāsuālis (“happening by chance”), from Latin cāsus (“event”) (English case), from cadere (“to fall”) (whence English cadence).
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CASUAL at a glance
CASUAL has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + S 1 + U 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,744 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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