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Meanings of incidental in English

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incidental

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

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incidental

Following or accompanying as a consequence.

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Not required.

(Frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified.

Usage of incidental in English
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However, the impact of incidental stenoses on future cardiac events remains unknown.
Pubmed
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Background: Increasing numbers of incidental pancreatic lesions are being detected each year.
Pubmed
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The Construction segment is mainly engaged in construction work and incidental business.
Reuters
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The book abounds in religious suggestion; even its incidental touches are illuminating.
Introduction to the Old Testament
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Proof of sufficient funds to cover tuition fees, subsistence and incidental costs.
The South African
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Finally, several theoretical issues for incidental and intentional emotion regulation are discussed.
Pubmed
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Major findings were classified as incidental or related to history and symptoms.
Pubmed
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The few cases reported in adults are incidental findings or inguinal hernias.
Pubmed
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But that is incidental vanity at the worst; he goes on anyhow.
The New Machiavelli
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So there's welcome, if subtle, progress on the incidental side of things.
The Guardian
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Using circle hooks has also shown to reduce incidental hooking of stingrays.
The Guardian
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The fact that the West is putting up the money is incidental.
Cities in Flight
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Be aware that proper news makes only incidental appearances in this column.
The Irish Times
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He diverts young minds with wild adventures and makes learning almost incidental.
Reuters
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Curiosity is a natural, but only an incidental, consequence in this case.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
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And that is merely incidental to the other things on the concession.
The Silent Bullet
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