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1) (French) an accidental mistake in behaviour or speech that offends all people (faux pas)

2) an instance of accidental good luck (fluke)

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Meaning:
casual

happening by chance

chance, random

contingent

dependent on something that may or may not happen

conditional; possible

extraneous

not belonging (to what is being dealt with); coming from outside

unneeded; irrelevant

haphazard

happening without having been planned; depending on chances

without plan or organization

incidental

accompanying but not forming a necessary part; small and comparatively unimportant

related; minor

odd

(of a number) not exactly divisible to two: '1, 3, 5 and 7 are odd numbers'; one of a pair when the other is missing; not regular, habitual or fixed; strange; peculiar

miscellaneous, various

random

without any particular reason

haphazard, chance

surprising

causing surprise

unexpected

uncalled-for

not justified, desirable or necessary

unnecessary

unexpected

surprising because not expected

surprising

unforeseen

unexpected (the usual word)

surprising

unintentional

not intentional

not planned

unlooked-for

unexpected (the usual word)

surprising

unmeant

not intentional

unintentional

unnecessary

not necessary; that could have been avoided

not required

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