incidental

About 3.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.

   That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.

2. adjective Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.

   Injuries are incidental to contact sports: they're going to happen.

3. adjective Occurring by chance.
4. adjective Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).
5. noun Minor items, not further defined. Incidental expense.

   She's costing us a lot in incidentals.

6. noun Something that is incidental.

Similar words

incidental expense incident secondary peripheral related concomitant accompanying inessential nonessential unessential

Often followed by

to and expenses music or learning thereto finding damages

Word family

incidentals