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accidental English

Meaning accidental meaning

What does accidental mean?
Definitions in simple English

accidental

If something is accidental, it is not intended. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate.

accidental

a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature (= inadvertent) happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table accidental poisoning an accidental shooting

Synonyms accidental synonyms

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Topics accidental topics

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  • What words describe something that happens in an accident?

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Simple sentences

Columbus' discovery of America was accidental.
American bombing of Prague on Valentine's Day 1945 was allegedly accidental.
That discovery was quite accidental.
Our meeting was purely accidental.
In short some guns have excellent security systems to prevent accidental firing (e.g. when dropped), others don't.
Tom died of an accidental overdose.
Our meeting was quite accidental.
My meeting her was purely accidental.
It was an accidental meeting.

Movie subtitles

I set up an accidental meeting by doing the old shopping cart bump.
There are always accidental deaths occurring.
That accidental death that called me from your dinner last night. was another burst heart.
Any resemblance between these two characters and living persons. is purely accidental.
The cause of death was accidental, carbon monoxide poisoning.
We was kind of moseying around sort of accidental like and here we are.
Doubt if I'd get that. Accidental death, pure and simple.
Two accidental deaths in 12 hours?
Every time she walks on a slippery sidewalk, is near something that can fall, drives an automobile - anything that could result in an accidental death - her life is in danger.
Accidental death.
Just accidental, like us coming here this way?
His verdict is accidental death. - Uh-huh.
That was purely accidental.
Maybe, but it wasn't accidental.
An accidental witness.
HOWEVER, ANY RESEMBLANCE TO AN ACTUAL WAR VETERAN IS PURELY ACCIDENTAL.
You were clicking beautifully until we released Paul and used the accidental death of the jockey for bait.
Accidental death?
Accidental death, pure and simple.
Oh yes, we always pay promptly but what worries me, Mr. Holmes, is. Whether these two deaths were accidental or not.
Was it possible that his death might have been not accidental?
After this accidental blow, how far apart were you when you came up?
I have two accidental deaths on my hands.
Mrs. Tremayne, probably accidental.
Verdict? Accidental death.
We have the report of the coroner's inquest. Accidental death.
Asphyxiation case. Mrs. Tremayne, probably accidental.
All ressemblance to real places, people or events is accidental.
It was accidental, an act of God, perhaps.
I recommend that you bring in a verdict of accidental death.
I had always suspected that his death was not accidental.

News and current affairs

This development was anything but accidental.
An Accidental Currency War?
Whether one views this as currency manipulation or as an accidental by-product of lower interest rates is irrelevant.
Moreover, maintaining large inventories of missiles is dangerous - the chance of accidental or unauthorized launches can never be eliminated - and expensive.
Accidental death?
For most Israelis, even those who voted for him as the bearer of Sharon's legacy after the Gaza disengagement, Olmert thus remained the accidental prime minister.
So the launch of a debate on national identity by President Nicolas Sarkozy is anything but accidental.
Not a word, nor an omission, in Abbas's UN speech was accidental.
According to all we know, these variations are strictly accidental, totally devoid of any intentionality or foresight - hence the widespread notion that the history of life was ruled by contingency.
In Afghanistan, for example, national systems for friendly-force tracking, which are vital to preventing accidental attacks on one's own forces or allies, are not compatible.
Because violent shaking cannot be accidental, the hypothesis simultaneously established a criminal act and identified the perpetrator, typically the person with the baby at the time of collapse.
In the last decade, the list of other causes - including accidental trauma, congenital causes, and natural illness - has continued to grow.
If, as seems likely, these basic steps were not taken, even an accidental strike on MH17 would constitute a war crime.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said that a referendum is needed in order to prevent the country from sleepwalking toward an accidental and disastrous EU exit.
The beauty of physical law is too impressive to be accidental.

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