Incidental and Key

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Incidental

Incidental adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: we still have to work out a few incidental details, but the proposal is largely complete
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Key is an antonym for incidental.
Nearby Words: incident, incidence, incidentally

Key

Key adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
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Incidental is an antonym for key.
Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying
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