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Adjective: adventitious  ,ad,ven'ti-shus or ,ad-vun'ti-shus
  1. Associated by chance and not an integral part
    "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"

See also: extrinsic

Encyclopedia: Adventitious