casual
Adjective
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Marked by blithe unconcern (synset 300547966)
"an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"similar to: unconcerned - lacking in interest or care or feelingsame as: insouciant, nonchalant
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Without or seeming to be without plan or method;
Offhand (synset 301802993)"a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"similar to: unplanned - without apparent forethought or prompting or planning -
Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions (synset 301048256)
"casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"similar to: informal - not formal
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Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance (synset 301802671)
"seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"similar to: unplanned - without apparent forethought or prompting or planningsame as: chance
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Hasty and without attention to detail;
Not thorough (synset 300313032)"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"; "In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory"similar to: careless - marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful -
Occurring on a temporary or irregular basis (synset 301968015)
"casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"similar to: irregular - contrary to rule or accepted order or general practicesame as: occasional
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Characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility (synset 301194027)
"a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"similar to: light - psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troublessame as: fooling
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Natural and unstudied (synset 301048429)
"using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style"similar to: informal - not formalsame as: free-and-easy
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Not showing effort or strain (synset 300753353)
"a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace"similar to: easy - posing no difficulty; requiring little effortsame as: effortless
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