incidental
[adjective]
Synonyms: secondary, ancillary, minor, nonessential, occasional, subordinate, subsidiary

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Antonyms: essential

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I. in‧ci‧den‧tal¹ /ˌɪnsəˈdentl◂, ˌɪnsɪˈdentl◂/ adjective

1. happening or existing in connection with something else that is more important:
Increased motivation is more than an incidental benefit of reward schemes.
incidental to
companies that carry out investment business that is incidental to their main activity

2. [not before noun] naturally happening as a result of something
incidental to
Drinking too much is almost incidental to bartending.

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II. incidental² noun [countable usually plural]
something that you have to do, buy etc which you had not planned to:
Carry extra cash for taxis, tips, and other incidentals.

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incidental
adj.
VERBS be | become | consider sth, declare sth, deem sth The fact that the concert made a profit was considered incidental.
ADV. completely, entirely, purely Any resemblance of a character in this book to a living person is purely incidental.
merely Information skills are not merely incidental to the curriculum but central to it.
almost | seemingly
PREP. to It's just a risk incidental to the job.

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