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Definition of adventitious adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

adventitious

adjective

adjective

NAmE//ˌædvənˈtɪʃəs//

, NAmE//ˌædvɛnˈtɪʃəs//

(formal)

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happening by accident; not planned

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