Definitions for incidental
ˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tlin·ci·den·tal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incidental expense, incidental, minor expensenoun

   (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified

   "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"

2. incidentaladjective

   an item that is incidental

3. incidental, incidentadjective

   (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence

   "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"

4. incidental, nonessentialadjective

   not of prime or central importance

   "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA

5. attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequentadjective

   following or accompanying as a consequence

   "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incidentalnoun

   Incidental expense.

   She's costing us a lot in incidentals.

2. incidentaladjective

   Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident.

   That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.

3. incidentaladjective

   Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Incidentaladjective

   Incident; casual; happening by chance; not intended; not deliberate.

   The satisfaction you received from those incidental discourses which we have wandered into. John Milton.

   By some religious duties scarce appear to be regarded at all, and by others only as an incidental business, to be done when they have nothing else to do. John Rogers, Sermons.

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1. incidental

   Incidental refers to something which is secondary, nonessential, or occurring as a minor consequence or result of something else. It could also imply something occurring by chance or occasionally, without being a main purpose, reason, or concern.

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1. • Expense

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Anagrams for incidental »

1. anticlined

How to pronounce incidental?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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How to say incidental in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of incidental in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of incidental in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of incidental in a Sentence

1. Meredith Rose:

   It is industry standard for part of that agreement to say,' whatever you upload, you give us permission to show to the world, as well as make incidental copies on our servers to allow for things like retweeting/sharing functions/etc. ,'.

2. Cyril Almeida:

   The blasphemy law is almost incidental to the larger trend of a radicalized society that has slipped out of the control of a weak state.

3. Fox News:

   There are incidental accidents on film sets from time to time, but nothing like this, this is a one in a trillion episode. It's a one in a trillion event.

4. Michael Haddad:

   We have gotten fewer calls of concern about the Oakland Police Department, we used to get more calls about shootings and just incidental use of force.

5. Sorel Vorster:

   The main concern about this condition is we want to warn patients that they shouldn’t go for surgery just because they have a report from the radiologist that states Chiari because it doesn’t always require treatment, very often Chiari is an incidental finding and if they don’t need immediate surgery we caution against it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=incidental
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Incidental
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=incidental
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=incidental