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How to pronounce accidental in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms inadvertent
Derivation accident


accidental poisoning.
an accidental shooting.
Type Words
Synonyms incidental, nonessential


the character's motives remain accidental to the plot.
Type Words
Type of musical notation

Examples of accidental

accidental
The keyboard is spill-resistant too for peace of mind against accidental spills.
From the online.wsj.com
He's trying to recreate the accidental success he had with magnets in the 1980s.
From the us.cnn.com
Accidental use of the call button has been the bane of may cabin crew for years.
From the smh.com.au
Accidental, traumatic subdural hemorrhage sustained in unwitnessed fall at home.
From the toledoblade.com
An accidental stepping on a player is one thing and a stomping is quite another.
From the kentucky.com
It's the portrait of a kid involved in the accidental death of a security guard.
From the omaha.com
His office handles autopsies on about 80 accidental or suspicious deaths a year.
From the thenewstribune.com
But these last few weeks, that accidental background has faded into irrelevance.
From the independent.co.uk
This is not due to some accidental oversight but an act of deliberate intention.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
More examples
  • Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally ; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"
  • A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
  • (accidentally) by chance: without advance planning; "they met accidentally"
  • (accidentally) incidentally: of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"
  • Accidental (Music for Dance volume 3) is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It is the third of a series of Music for Dance albums Frith made, and was recorded between December 1995 and January 1996 at Studio Jankowski in Stuttgart, Germany. ...
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  • In music, an accidental is a note whose pitch (or pitch class) is not a member of a scale or mode indicated by the most recently applied key signature. In musical notation, the symbols used to mark such notes, sharps , flats , and naturals , may also be called accidentals. ...
  • The Accidental is a 2005 novel by Scottish author Ali Smith. It follows a middle-class English family who are visited by an uninvited guest, Amber, while they are on holiday in a small village in Norfolk. Amber's arrival has a profound impact on all the family members. ...
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