Meaning of adventitious in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌædvɛnˈtɪʃəs/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    adventitious

    Definitions

    1. associated by chance and not an integral part

    Examples

    • « poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form- Frederick W. Robertson »
    • « they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his »

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