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Meaning of incidental


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  incidental
      adj 1: (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" [syn: {incidental}, {incident}] [ant: {basic}]
      2: not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the
         integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA [syn: {incidental},
         {nonessential}]
      3: 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" [syn:
         {attendant}, {consequent}, {accompanying}, {concomitant},
         {incidental}, {ensuant}, {resultant}, {sequent}]
      n 1: (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not
           specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental
           expenses" [syn: {incidental expense}, {incidental}, {minor
           expense}]
      2: an item that is incidental


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