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Unimportant or unnecessary thing or detail

stuff

noun

things that are not important

detail

noun

a fact that is not important

non-issue

noun

a subject that is completely unimportant

irrelevance

noun

something that is not important or necessary to a particular situation or subject

bagatelle

noun

something that is not very important

inessentials

noun

things that are not necessary

minutiae

noun

very small or unimportant details

adjunct

noun

something that is added to something else but is not essential to it

trivia

noun

unimportant details or information

nothing

pronoun

not anything that is important or worth thinking about

cyberloafing

using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related

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