minor detail
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3.2
- noun
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- Of course, there are a few minor details still to be worked out.
I mean, I'm talking about permits being pulled on new ceiling fans, windows, the kitchen faucet, every little minor detail.
- I mean, I'm talking about permits being pulled on new ceiling fans, windows, the kitchen faucet, every little minor detail.
- The one minor detail is I haven't been able to get screen recordings to stop recording yet.
Examples
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That's a minor detail these newspapers seem to have omitted.
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Genre, system, and everything else are just minor details in the long run.
Blog text (1) -
Give or take a few minor details.
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Except for one minor detail...
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- Well, you told me you were married, - but you left out one minor detail.
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There are also the minor details of money and availability.
Blog text (16) -
Still I'm impressed you still care about minor details such as that.
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But it's a minor detail, and Kipler has made his point.
Fiction book (1995) -
Even at the local level, dissension arose easily, sometimes over minor details concerning policy or personnel.
Academic text (1996) -
The meeting went smoothly, with only a few minor details left to finalize.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small fact or piece of information about something
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4.2
Small unimportant facts that people like to know
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6.5
A small detail in rules that changes the result
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5.4
A small detail that does not matter
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9.3
A very small detail that is not important
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4.0
A small thing that is not important
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6.9
A very small part that you can only see with a microscope
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Morphology
The meaning 'an aspect or point that is insignificant' is directly and transparently composed from 'minor' (not important or slight) plus 'detail' (a specific fact or small component). This simple adjective+noun combination follows standard compositional patterns that are common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase minor detail creates a simple image: minor means smaller and detail means a tiny part, like a small screw on a large machine. So, it is used to say something is 'not important' compared with the main idea.