  In models with spontaneous symmetry breaking by scalar fields in large group
representations, we observe that some of the scalar masses can be
loop-suppressed with respect to the naive expectation from symmetry selection
rules. We present minimal models -- the $\rm{SU(2)}$ five-plet and $\rm{SU(3)}$
ten-plet -- with such accidentally light scalars, featuring compact tree-level
flat directions lifted by radiative corrections. We sketch some potential
applications, from stable relics and slow roll in cosmology, to hierarchy and
fine-tuning problems in particle physics.
