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incidental
[ in-si-den-tl ]
adjective
- happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
Synonyms: contingent, fortuitous, chance, casual
Antonyms: fundamental
- incurred casually and in addition to the regular or main amount:
incidental expenses.
- likely to happen or naturally appertaining (usually followed by to ).
noun
- something incidental, as a circumstance.
- incidentals, minor expenses.
incidental
/ ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəl /
adjective
- happening in connection with or resulting from something more important; casual or fortuitous
- postpositivefoll byto found in connection (with); related (to)
- postpositivefoll byupon caused (by)
- occasional or minor
incidental expenses
noun
- often plural an incidental or minor expense, event, or action
Derived Forms
- ˌinciˈdentalness, noun
Other Words From
- inci·dental·ness noun
- nonin·ci·dental adjective
- nonin·ci·dental·ly adverb
- unin·ci·dental adjective
- unin·ci·dental·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of incidental1
Example Sentences
Those are troubling numbers, for unfettered speech is not incidental to a flourishing society.
Decorative value is largely incidental to artistic merit as defined by critics.
The party the mayor seeks is one in which inequality is the central focus of the platform rather than incidental to it.
The problem of “incidental impact” arises in many different contexts.
Do not mistake the epic graft in Sochi as unusual or incidental.
Casual employment in the Connecticut act means occasional or incidental employment.
How just is this sentiment, so simply phrased, incidental to the passionate and feverish colour of the painter!
For the first time it was no longer disguised from sight by the incidental interest of its side issues.
Incidental features of sex hygiene will arise naturally from physical education and can be adequately treated there.
The painter will do well to look on them as something incidental merely to the picture.
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