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

But Renato, a doctor himself, knows that Hansen’s disease is marginally contagious and cannot be spread through casual contact.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly