adventitious
adventitious
adjectiveDefinition of ADVENTITIOUS
not being a vital part of or belonging to something <the point of view that art should be for art's sake and that moral considerations are adventitious to the study of art>
Related Words exterior, outside; immaterial, inapplicable, insignificant, irrelevant; nonessential, unessential, unnecessary
Near Antonyms congenital, deep-seated, inborn, inbred; inside, interior, internal; basic, essential, necessary
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