Incremental is used to describe something that increases in value or worth, often by a regular amount.
[formal]
...our ability to add production capacity at relatively low incremental cost.
We are seeking continuous, incremental improvements, not great breakthroughs.
incremental in British English
(ˌɪnkrɪˈmɛntəl)
adjective
of, relating to, using, or rising by increments
Examples of 'incremental' in a sentence
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The status quo can offer only minute incremental improvements.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But increases are likely to be small and incremental.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Note that only incremental costs are included.
Harrison, John Finance for the Non-Financial Manager (1989)
They are making some incremental changes but we would question whether these incremental changes are enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In reality these new cars feature only incremental improvements.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And it would allow for smaller incremental moves.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Note that it is the incremental cost or profit that is measured.
Harrison, John Finance for the Non-Financial Manager (1989)
These incremental changes will lead to a big change in infant mortality.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He does at least now have reason to hope this can be a campaign of incremental improvement.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The sum of incremental changes is not sufficient.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The same goes for incremental changes to corporation taxes.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Not giant leaps but incremental steps.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The incremental cost will be negligible.
Christianity Today (2000)
But incremental change can be rapid.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But then there are the small, incremental victories.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The Japanese tend to proceed by incremental improvement.
Redwood, John The Global Marketplace (1993)
This is about the highest quality, incremental changes each season and the best service.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The trouble with surgery is the incremental change to your face that you don't notice.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The incremental pace of change exemplifies the leadership's preference for stability rather than radical reform.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We can see this incremental improvement when we look at the overall pattern in the moods of the fathers in our study across the average weekday.
Larson, Reed & Richards, Maryse H. Divergent Realities: the Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents (1994)
Her condition began to improve in tiny, incremental steps and she and her carers found ways to circumvent her disability using technology and willpower.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There are few Eureka moments, just lots of incremental steps.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The Oslo accords of 1993 envisaged a series of incremental steps over five years to reach a final settlement.