side issue

Examples (10)

• The budget deficit is the main problem; everything else is a side issue.
• Let's not get distracted by a side issue when the core problem needs our attention.
• She argued that the environmental impact was not a side issue but central to the debate.
• He dismissed her concerns as a side issue, much to her annoyance.
• For the committee, the exact wording was a side issue compared to the policy itself.
• They considered the aesthetic details to be a side issue in the larger architectural design.
• While important, personal preferences often become a side issue in collective decision-making.
• The reporter tried to focus on the main scandal, but a side issue kept emerging.
• Don't let a minor disagreement become a major side issue that derails the project.
• In the grand scheme of things, his personal feelings were a mere side issue.