incidentaladjective
uk/ˌɪn.sɪˈden.təl/us/ˌɪn.sɪˈden.t̬əl/less important than the thing something is connected with or part of:
Try not to be distracted by incidental details.
The points you make are true, but they're incidental to the main problem.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Of little or less importance
- be in/under sb's shadow idiom
- be neither here nor there idiom
- be no big deal idiom
- biggie
- derisory
- fringe
- inferior
- minor
- miss
- mouldy
- need
- neither
- peripheral
- petty
- rinky-dink
- sideshow
- small-time
- stay
- stay on the sidelines idiom
- subordinate
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