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UK
/ˌɪnsɪdˈɛntəl/
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[ US /ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəɫ/ ]
NOUN
- an item that is incidental
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(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses
ADJECTIVE
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(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
confusion incidental to a quick change
the road will bring other incidental advantages
labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion
extra duties incidental to the job
incidental expenses -
occurring with or following as a consequence
the resultant savings were considerable
snags incidental to the changeover in management
collateral target damage from a bombing run
an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
attendant circumstances
the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
the ensuant response to his appeal -
not of prime or central importance
nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry
the character's motives remain accidental to the plot
How To Use incidental In A Sentence
- Then they recruited him (not their first choice, incidentally) to do the donkey work.
- THE timing of these arrests is interesting and may not be coincidental. The Sun
- Incidentally, while this naturally brings up an analogy to the constitutional right to an abortion, the analogy is complex.
- We may look like lobsters, or tuna fish, but that is purely coincidental. Times, Sunday Times
- Not incidentally — one of the best 1930s fake-modern piano concerti ever tossed into a film. Proof through the night
- I am neither strong nor anal about the ‘group system’ which, incidentally, and frankly, I think is quite a mess.
- This is not just gossip, incidentally; he publishes this detail in the programme. Times, Sunday Times
- Acari in the eye have been incidentally alluded to under inflammation of the lids. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
- (Coincidentally, it apparently freeze-dries into space ice cream very well.) Grist - the Latest from Grist
- And how coincidental is it that he just happens to be working with Angus Scrimm, star of my all time favorite horror film ‘Phantasm.’ The Tail Section » 2007 » May
