English to English 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 | | Example: 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
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Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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not of prime or central importance | | Example: nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry
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following or accompanying as a consequence | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30 noun
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(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified | | Example: he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses
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6 |
an item that is incidental | | source: wordnet30
7 |
An incident; that which is incidental; esp., in the plural, an aggregate of subordinate or incidental items not particularized; as, the expense of tuition and incidentals. | | source: webster1913
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