accidental

1. Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.

2. Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.

   Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).

3. Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.

4. Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.

5. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.

   The discovery was purely accidental.

   He was killed by an accidental gunshot.

   versehentlich, zufällig

   случа́йныйslučájnyj, неожи́данныйneožídannyj

   випадко́вийvypadkóvyj, несподі́ванийnespodívanyj

   happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

6. Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.

1. Do you think this was accidental?

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2. My meeting Tom was purely accidental.

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3. Do you think the shooting was accidental?

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4. The timing was accidental.

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5. The timing wasn't accidental.

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