minor detail
/ˈmaɪ.nər ˈdiː.teɪl/ · mi·nor de·tail
noun
- A small or insignificant piece of information. The typo in the footnote was merely a minor detail in an otherwise flawless article.
- A point that does not affect the main argument or outcome. We can overlook that minor detail and concentrate on the core findings of the study.
Synonyms
trivial pointinsignificant detailpetty detailsmall pointfine pointnegligible factinconsequential itemmere nicety
Antonyms
Did you know? The phrase "minor detail" gained literary fame in the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", where Holmes dismisses a seemingly irrelevant clue as a minor detail that later proves pivotal.