Meaning of casual | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
   Australia, British, New-Zealand
2. Happening by chance
3. A worker who is doing a particular type of job temporarily, not as a lifetime career.
4. toevalligerwys عَرَضا، مُصادَفَةً небрежно ocasionalmente uvolněně; náhodně zufällig tilfældigt; uformelt τυχαία, ανέμελα casualmente juhuslikult, möödaminnes بطور اتفاقی rennosti par hasardבאקראי आकस्मिक रूप से, अनियमितता पूव्रक povremeno, prigodno véletlenül; alkalomszerűen kebetulan af tilviljun; kæruleysislega per caso, casualmente 偶然に 우연히 nerūpestingai, atsainiai pavirši; nejauši secara kasual achteloostilfeldig, uformelt pobieżnie, nieoficjalnie, mimochodem تصادفن ocasionalmente întâmpl...
5. Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
6. A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
7. toevalligheid عَرَضِيَّه، مُصادَفَه случайност casualidade náhodnost; neformálnost; nedbalost die Gleichgültigkeit tilfældighed ανεμελιά, αδιαφορία, άνεσηcasualidad pealiskaudsus خودمانی بودن؛ اتفاقی بودن huolettomuus désinvolture אַקרַאיוּת आकस्मिक, अनियमितता ležernost alkalomszerűség ketaksengajaan kæruleysi casualità 偶然さ 우연, 격식 없음 nerūpestingumas, atsainumas paviršums; nejaušums berkaitan kasual achteloosheidtilfeldighet pobieżny/nieoficjalny charakter اتفاقی وه casualidade nepăsare случаи...
8. Employed irregularly
9. A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
   UK, historical
10. casual, accidental.
11. Careless
12. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he or she does not belong; a vagrant in the casual ward.
    UK, historical
13. Being without ceremony or formality; relaxed or informal: a casual evening with friends.
14. Happening or coming to pass without design
15. A player of casual games.
    derogatory, informal
16. Not serious or thorough; superficial: a casual inspection; a casual understanding of French.
17. A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
    slang
18. Showing little interest or concern; nonchalant: "speaks with casual aplomb about being shot at" (Janelle Brown).
19. A tramp.
    British, dated
20. Occurring or being such by chance: "in the first months when I was pregnant, before it was obvious to the casual observer" (Anne Roiphe). See Synonyms at chance.
21. Shoes suitable for everyday use, as opposed to more formal footwear.
    in-plural
22. Occurring at irregular or infrequent intervals; occasional: casual employment at a factory; a casual correspondence with a former teacher.
23. Socialized with only occasionally; not close or intimate: a casual acquaintance.
24. One that serves or appears at irregular intervals, especially a temporary worker.

Equivalents

Examples

“Of the scavagers proper there are, as in all classes of unskilled labour, that is to say, of labour which requires no previous apprenticeship, and to which any one can “turn his hand” on an emergency, two distinct orders of workmen, “the regulars and casuals” to adopt the trade terms; that is to say, the labourers consist of those who have been many years at the trade, constantly employed at it, and those who have but recently taken to it as a means of obtaining a subsistence after their ordinary resources have failed.”

“At 15, he became a casual: one of the label-wearing, wedge-flicking, swaggering hooligan peacock boys who dominated the north-west when I was growing up. Casuals were working-class lads (called Perry boys in Manchester) who loved football, fighting and brilliant sportswear.”

“During the great prevalence of vagrancy, the cost of the sick was far greater than the expense of relief. In the quarter ending June 1848, no less than 322 casuals were under medical treatment, either in the workhouse of the Wandsworth and Clapham union or at the London Fever Hospital.”

“The devs dumbed the game down so the casuals could enjoy it.”

“Casuals outnumbered regulars in the art-house audience two to one.”

“Most often, when a series is marketed toward casuals, the loyals feel that their interests and needs are not being met.”

“Treating a gay relationship as a puzzle that must be pursued by the clever viewers and hidden from “casuals” until a narrative reveal at the eleventh hour seems antithetical to the idea of normalized representation that TJLCers claim as the main reason they want Johnlock to be canon, […]”

“I was a boy in 1922 or 1923, when buses first started to run between the village and the town; there were tramps, casuals as they were called; the whole pattern of my boyhood was knit into a very loaded atmosphere of human character.”

“Next spring you’ll see more women than ever wearing “casuals” and “flats,” the shoes with the wedge heels or no heels at all.”

“In girls wearing casuals, ugly hypertrophied skin over the heels was frequently noted, probably due to the loose shoe moving as they walked.”

“Like his friends, he is wearing casuals, ideal for lounging around crypts.”

“He and I were wearing casuals[…]”

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