casual
• adjective 1 relaxed and unconcerned. 2 showing insufficient care or forethought: a casual remark. 3 not regular or firmly established; occasional or temporary: casual jobs. 4 happening by chance; accidental. 5 informal. • noun 1 a temporary or occasional worker. 2 (casuals) clothes or shoes suitable for informal everyday wear. — DERIVATIVES casually adverb casualness noun. — ORIGIN Latin casualis, from casus ‘fall’.
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