casual contact

American  

noun

1. the level of contact at which a person is not subject to contracting a communicable disease from another, especially nonsexual contact with a person infected with a venereal disease.

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Example Sentences

"We're not talking about casual contact from very far away from one another," she said, but "really physical contact".

From BBC • May 6, 2026

But, perhaps most notable, only about half of the 30,000 children infected with hepatitis B got it from their mothers; the other half contracted it through casual contact, likely from other household contacts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

It can also be spread through close physical contact with an infectious person; casual contact does not spread the virus.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024

But the new car also led to impressively competitive racing, and casual contact between drivers didn’t necessarily lead to wipeouts.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2022

In our casual contact with aliens, however, it is the offensive rather than the pleasing traits that impress us.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra