0 less important than the thing something is connected with or part of: --
1 happening by chance, or in connection with something of greater importance: --
His influence on younger employees was incidental, not intentional.
Will I be reimbursed for incidental expenses at the conference?
2 happening by chance, or in connection with something else that is more important: --
it is incidental that It is purely incidental that payroll savings were realized after the consolidation, because more employees chose to quit their jobs rather than follow them to the new headquarters.
It is not incidental that the financial industry is one of the last remaining consumers of mainframe computers.
incidental to sth Whether one is 25 or 75, age is incidental to how well the job is done.
3 incidental costs are amounts of money, usually small, that someone has to spend while trying to achieve something: --
4 something that is connected, often by chance, to something more important: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Можем да го завършим стъпка по стъпка, колкото и дълъг да е пътят и не може да бъде завършен, колкото и кратък да е пътят, ако дори не маркирате отпечатъка си.