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more by accident than design
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(Definition of more by accident than design from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Chance and randomness
Synonyms and related words:
- arbitrary adjective (CHANCE)
- as luck would have it idiom
- be the luck of the draw idiom
- casual adjective (CHANCE)
- chance noun (POSSIBILITY)
- circumstance noun
- coincidence noun
- fluke noun
- fortuitous adjective
- haphazard adjective
- happen verb (CHANCE)
- hit-and-miss adjective
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