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fortuitous(adjective, chance, casual, minor, related)
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casual(adjective, careless, chance, irregular, minor)
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accidental(adjective, careless, chance, casual, minor)
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chance(noun, adjective, casual, irregular, minor)
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random(adjective, chance, casual, irregular, minor)
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adventitious(adjective, chance, minor, surface, secondary)
13
occasional(adjective, chance, irregular, minor, secondary)
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secondary(adjective, minor, subordinate, ambiguous, related)
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contingent(adjective, chance, casual, minor, liability)
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unplanned(adjective, chance, casual, random, haphazard)
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minor(adjective, mean, slight, small, unimportant)
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nonessential(adjective, mean, slight, small, minor)
10
subordinate(adjective, minor, secondary, subsidiary, related)
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indirect(adjective, subordinate, rambling, circuitous, tortuous)
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accompanying(adjective, minor, related)
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ancillary(adjective, minor, subordinate, ambiguous, secondary)
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circumstantial(adjective, minor, circumstance, related, circumstantial)
9
unimportant(adjective, mean, slight, small, insignificant)
8
concomitant(adjective, minor, secondary, subsidiary, related)
8
extraneous(adjective, insignificant, unimportant, irrelevant, superfluous)
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