adventitious adventitious /ˌædvɛnˈtɪʃəs/

adjective

1. Associated by chance and not an integral part  ( adventitious )
   associated by chance and not an integral part
    Poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form
   poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form
    They had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character
   they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character