The phrase "accidental characteristics" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe traits or features that occur by chance rather than by design or intention.
Example: "The artist's work often reflects accidental characteristics that emerge during the creative process, adding a unique charm to each piece."
Alternatives: "unintended traits" or "incidental features".
Not surprisingly, Gyekye quotes Kant's categorical imperative approvingly when arguing that human persons are, as members of the 'kingdom of ends,' equal independent of their empirical or accidental characteristics (be they social or even genetic qualities.
Furthermore, the threshold of 14 mm between shorter and longer treatments was found only after data analysis, and it was not hypothesized during the study design, based on clinical or theoretical evaluations: not being hypothesis driven, the results of this study could be biased by accidental characteristics of the analyzed sample.
Its predicate is not convertible with its subject, nor is it part of the definition; accordingly, it expresses only an accidental characteristic of man.
But it does seem safe to say that Aristotle thinks that an "accidental unity" such as a pale man is not a kath' hauto legomenon (since pallor is an accidental characteristic of a man) and so is not the same as its essence.
The risk analysis methodology on which this procedure rests, is described with an emphasis on determining the characteristic accidental actions with due account of possible risk reduction actions.
Children are most at risk of accidental poisoning due to characteristics of their development and their environment.
In sea lions the disease exhibits characteristics of accidental hosts, with pathogenic and sometimes fatal outcomes for individual animals and dramatic outbreaks at the population scale.
The objectives of this study were to describe and compare the characteristics of accidental head injury and AHT in a large cohort of children comprehensively evaluated for suspected AHT, and thus add to the observational data available to other clinicians who may need to evaluate cases of suspected AHT.
Most of the experiments were performed 48 hr after PCB administration to mimic acute exposure characteristic of accidental poisoning with PCBs, such as the Yusho incident caused by ingestion of rice oil contaminated with PCBs (Shimizu et al. 2007).
Although we studied a large national cohort, all study participants were US Veterans and most were men; both of which are characteristics associated with accidental poisoning mortality.
Perhaps some characteristics may have been accidental, however a true tradesman always tries to find better ways in their trade continually throughout their lifetime.
