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List of meaning for incidental

secondary or minor related to something

incidental expense, incidental, minor expense(noun)

(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified

"he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"

incidental(adj)

an item that is incidental

incidental, incident(adj)

(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"

incidental, nonessential(adj)

not of prime or central importance

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

attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent(adj)

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"

happening by chance

an incidental meeting of two ships in the middle of the Atlantic

lacking importance

we still have to work out a few incidental details, but the proposal is largely complete

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