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incidental

[ in-si-den-tl ]

adjective

  1. happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.

    Synonyms: contingent, fortuitous, chance, casual

    Antonyms: fundamental

  2. incurred casually and in addition to the regular or main amount:

    incidental expenses.

  3. likely to happen or naturally appertaining (usually followed by to ).


noun

  1. something incidental, as a circumstance.
  2. incidentals, minor expenses.

incidental

/ ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəl /

adjective

  1. happening in connection with or resulting from something more important; casual or fortuitous
  2. postpositivefoll byto found in connection (with); related (to)
  3. postpositivefoll byupon caused (by)
  4. occasional or minor

    incidental expenses

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. often plural an incidental or minor expense, event, or action
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌinciˈdentalness, noun
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Other Words From

  • inci·dental·ness noun
  • nonin·ci·dental adjective
  • nonin·ci·dental·ly adverb
  • unin·ci·dental adjective
  • unin·ci·dental·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of incidental1

First recorded in 1610–20; incident + -al 1
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Example Sentences

Medical professionals continue to push back against a body-worn camera video released by the Sheriff’s Department purporting to show a deputy overdosing from incidental contact with fentanyl in a San Marcos parking lot in July.

Many breakthrough cases seem to be entirely asymptomatic, only being detected through routine or incidental testing.

It found “incidental deficiencies” that did not merit any fines or corrective action.

By contrast, retailing plays an almost incidental role in “Amazon Unbound.”

One incidental benefit of the charter school movement is that it put pressure on traditional public schools – and society as a whole – to do something about it.

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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