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Accidental

/ˌæksəˈdɛntəl/
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(adj) Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.

That discovery was quite accidental.
Columbus' discovery of America was accidental.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The discovery of the ancient ruins was completely ____.

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