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an incidental observation
You will receive an allowance for meals and incidental expenses.
Information skills are not merely incidental to the curriculum but central to it.
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American English version of definition of incidental
the design of buildings or public spaces in a way which discourages people from touching, climbing or sitting on them …
the system of trade unions, or the principles on which trade unions are based
a situation in which a country's armed forces are physically present in an area of conflict …
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Definition of incidental from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Publishers Limited.