STRAY

[adjective] [before noun; not gradable]Stray things have moved apart from similar things and are not in their expected or intended place.There are still a few stray spots of paint on the window pane.Throughout our meal, stray sentences from the conversation of the women at the table next to us wafted in our direction.His drawers are full of stray socks (= single socks that are no longer part of a pair).Several journalists have been killed or injured by stray bullets while reporting on the civil war.