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

Mpox is unlikely to spread through casual contact, or in close quarters like on a plane or in an office or store, state health officials say.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 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

Scientists do not believe it can spread easily through casual contact, as seasonal flu can.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2023

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