The phrase "accidental means" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing unintentional actions or events that lead to a particular outcome, often in legal or insurance discussions.
Example: "The policy covers injuries resulting from accidental means, ensuring that unforeseen incidents are included."
Alternatives: "unintentional actions" or "inadvertent methods".
But, if "accidental" means "unintended," then, strictly speaking, there are no accidental deaths in fiction.
It was the first payment on a forty-thousand-dollar policy that, in the event of death by accidental means, paid double indemnity.
The demonstration of battered child syndrome "simply indicates that a child found with serious, repeated injuries has not suffered those injuries by accidental means". Id., at 507, 95 Cal.Rptr., at 921.
As the Court notes, the demonstration of battered child syndrome is relevant because it " 'indicates that a child found with serious, repeated injuries has not suffered those injuries by accidental means,' " ante, at 68 (quoting People v. Jackson, 18 Cal.App.3d 507, 507; 95 Cal.Rptr. 919, 921 (1971)).
Moving easily with water currents, winds or other accidental means, such as fishing nets and boats, the plant invaded rivers, canals, ponds, lakes, dams and other freshwater bodies.
It is enough to integrate for 10 s to have a CAR of 15.7±0.4, with a coincidence rate of 105±1 cps and an accidental mean rate of coincidence of 6.7±0.1 cps.
It has been shown that approximately half of all security breaches caused by insiders are accidental, which means that one can question the usefulness of current information security policies.
Policies often state that for something to be covered, it must be "sudden and accidental". That means if you've had a leaky faucet that caused damage over many months, it probably won't be covered because you neglected proper maintenance.
The fact that fractures on the one hand are a sign of child abuse but on the other hand are a quite common result of accidental trauma means that it is essential that the interpretation of the type and location of a fracture, seen in the light of the clinical anamnesis, is done by an experienced and trained (paediatric) radiologist [ 34, 36].
It is clear to all of us that its timing was by no means accidental.
The elevation of Ms. Bernheim to the Supreme Court, meanwhile, carries with it an added, but by no means accidental, benefit for Mr. Ramirez.
