incidental
adjective
[ ɪnsɪˈdɛnt(ə)l ]
• happening as a minor accompaniment to something else.
• "for the fieldworker who deals with real problems, paperwork is incidental"
Similar:
less important,
of less importance,
secondary,
subsidiary,
subordinate,
ancillary,
auxiliary,
minor,
peripheral,
background,
by-the-way,
by-the-by,
non-essential,
inessential,
unimportant,
insignificant,
inconsequential,
unnecessary,
trivial,
trifling,
negligible,
petty,
tangential,
extrinsic,
extraneous,
dispensable,
expendable,
• happening as a result of (an activity).
• "the ordinary risks incidental to a fireman's job"
Similar:
connected with,
related to,
associated with,
accompanying,
attending,
attendant on,
concomitant to,
incidental
noun
• an incidental expense, event, etc.
• "an allowance to cover meals, taxis, and other incidentals"
Origin:
early 17th century: originally from medieval Latin incidentalis, from Latin incident- ‘falling upon, happening to’ (from the verb incidere ).
