completely accidental

Frequency: 7.515.2 per million words

To strongly emphasize that an event was not intentional.

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  • The meeting at the cafe was completely accidental; we had no idea we'd be in the same city.
  • The court ruled that the fire was completely accidental and not a result of negligence.
  • He assured her that spilling the coffee on her laptop had been completely accidental.
  • Are you certain that the deletion of these critical files was completely accidental?
  • The discovery of penicillin is a famous example of a completely accidental scientific breakthrough.
  • If the damage is proven to be completely accidental, the insurance policy should cover it.
  • I promise, bumping into your ex-boyfriend was completely accidental! I didn't know he worked there.
  • Investigators concluded the chemical spill was completely accidental, caused by a faulty valve.
  • My finding the old diary in the attic was completely accidental; I was just looking for winter clothes.
  • What looked like a coordinated move was, in fact, a completely accidental chain of events.