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[ in-si-den-tl ] / ˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR incidental ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehappening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else. incurred casually and in addition to the regular or main amount: incidental expenses. likely to happen or naturally appertaining (usually followed by to). nounsomething incidental, as a circumstance. incidentals, minor expenses. Origin of incidentalFirst recorded in 1610–20; incident + -al1 SYNONYMS FOR incidental1 casual, chance, fortuitous; contingent. SEE SYNONYMS FOR incidental ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR incidentalSEE ANTONYMS FOR incidental ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM incidentalin·ci·den·tal·ness, nounnon·in·ci·den·tal, adjectivenon·in·ci·den·tal·ly, adverbun·in·ci·den·tal, adjective un·in·ci·den·tal·ly, adverb WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH incidentalincidence, incidents, incidental Words nearby incidentalinch plant, inch-pound, inchworm, incidence, incident, incidental, incidentally, incidental music, incidentaloma, incidental parasite, incident point Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for incidentalThose are troubling numbers, for unfettered speech is not incidental to a flourishing society. How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST The party the mayor seeks is one in which inequality is the central focus of the platform rather than incidental to it. DINO Hunters Are Dreaming Hipster Dreams of the DNC in Brooklyn|David Freedlander|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST The problem of “incidental impact” arises in many different contexts. Waiting for the Supreme Court on the Hobby Lobby Decision|Geoffrey R. Stone|June 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Do not mistake the epic graft in Sochi as unusual or incidental. Putin’s Sochi and Hitler’s Berlin: The Love Affair Between Dictators and the Olympic Games.|Garry Kasparov|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In addition, a van was purchased for him, and he was reimbursed for incidental expenses. The ASPCA Pays Price For Bad-Faith Ringling Brothers Elephant Suit|Paul Alexander|January 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST There would be an incidental creation of water power which could be used for generating electricity. State of the Union Addresses of Calvin Coolidge|Calvin Coolidge Nevertheless, his successors were so emboldened by incidental utterances like the above that they went to much greater lengths. The Basis of Morality|Arthur Schopenhauer We have incidental references during the ensuing decade to the existence of sick wards in workhouses. English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb The idea of saving and safeguarding these materials is only incidental to those who do not help to produce them. The Holy Earth|L. H. Bailey But in poems of every class there are descriptions of nature, though occupying an incidental and secondary position. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism|F. V. N. Painter
British Dictionary definitions for incidental
adjectivehappening in connection with or resulting from something more important; casual or fortuitous (postpositive foll by to) found in connection (with); related (to) (postpositive foll by upon) caused (by) occasional or minorincidental expenses noun(often plural) an incidental or minor expense, event, or action Derived forms of incidentalincidentalness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to incidentalaccidental, random, ancillary, coincidental, casual, secondary, concomitant, contingent, irregular, chance, fluke, subsidiary, subordinate, attendant, nonessential, accompanying, adventitious, circumstantial, concurrent, fortuitous |