How do you use Incidental in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like incident or nonessential, plus the exact meaning.
Incidental meaning
- Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.
- Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.
- Occurring by chance.
Synonyms of Incidental
Using Incidental
- The main meaning on this page is: Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related. | Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence. | Occurring by chance.
- Useful related words include: incident, nonessential, related to, related.
- In the example corpus, incidental often appears in combinations such as: incidental to, an incidental, incidental music.
Context around Incidental
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Incidental
- In this selection, "incidental" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, felt, otherwise, compensatory, expenses, damage and use stand out and add context to how "incidental" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little incidental and actual compensatory incidental and punitive. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "incidental" sits close to words such as aol, arran and autoimmune, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with incidental
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Delhi News Live Updates: Delhi records 606 Covid cases, one incidental de. (12 words)
The use of water in Kendall's plotline has never felt incidental. (12 words)
But "No Win Scenario" also mixes a vital clue into its otherwise incidental use of the holodeck. (17 words)
It could be argued either that the tone is incidental to the phonation, in which case Burmese would not be phonemically tonal, or that the phonation is incidental to the tone, in which case it would be considered tonal. (39 words)
Incidental data sources (such as the sudden and acute shortages of pharmaceutical products, or satellite images of clogged roadways and parking lots near funeral homes and crematoriums in Chinese cities) suggest the scale of the problem. (36 words)
And, as always at Lord’s, many let their seats stand empty and relocated to one of the venue’s champagne-themed breakout areas, there were moments when cricket felt perhaps a little incidental. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
It could be argued either that the tone is incidental to the phonation, in which case Burmese would not be phonemically tonal, or that the phonation is incidental to the tone, in which case it would be considered tonal.
And the onboard DBX DriveRack technology, featuring fixed Automatic Feedback Suppression and soft system limiters, ensures that you won’t have any unwanted sound issues and provides protection from any incidental damage.
But "No Win Scenario" also mixes a vital clue into its otherwise incidental use of the holodeck.
Delhi News Live Updates: Delhi records 606 Covid cases, one incidental de.
It had been sealed when Arsenal lost at Nottingham Forest on Saturday evening – what happened on the pitch here felt incidental.
Lawful Development Certificate for a garden outbuilding that will be incidental to the use of the home by providing a home office and storage area.
She said the current wording of the law often found officers, “due to incidental contact in volatile situations,” in violation of the policy as written.
The contract and incidental judgment in the Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) were inherited by the Buhari administration.
The use of water in Kendall's plotline has never felt incidental.
Trump's attorneys demanded actual, compensatory, incidental, and punitive damages to the extent of half a billion dollars in the filing.
A monthly household shop is not only easier on the trio's budget but also saves them time and stops incidental spending.
And, as always at Lord’s, many let their seats stand empty and relocated to one of the venue’s champagne-themed breakout areas, there were moments when cricket felt perhaps a little incidental.
At Rocky Flats, the government was aware that some people might die because of this plant, but considered them collateral damage (the human deaths were incidental to their greater goals).
Authors suggested that younger children might get more "incidental exercise" throughout the school day than older students, through activities such as running climbing during breaks.
Because this work is too far away from home to commute, travel nurses also are entitled to “per diem” compensation for food, lodging and incidental expenses (such as dry cleaning and tips).
But financial infidelity among the fabulously wealthy often involves more than incidental expenses gone astray – and psychologists warn it can be just as damaging to a relationship as a physical affair.
Hope as a discipline invites us to consider movement timelines rather than our personal, incidental, brief timelines.
Incidental data sources (such as the sudden and acute shortages of pharmaceutical products, or satellite images of clogged roadways and parking lots near funeral homes and crematoriums in Chinese cities) suggest the scale of the problem.
It is essential to regulating the conduct of hostilities, requiring that the expected incidental harm is not excessive in relation to the anticipated military advantage.
Last year's decrease in the number of Surly shows was just incidental based on tour routing and artists wanting to play indoors vs outdoors, they added.
Common combinations with incidental
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- incidental to 22×
- an incidental 15×
- incidental music 14×
- and incidental 12×
- the incidental 7×
- is incidental 6×
- as incidental 5×
- incidental expenses 4×
- incidental detail 4×
- incidental or 4×