non-urgent
adjective
(alsononurgent)uk/ˌnɒnˈɜː.dʒənt/us/ˌnɑːnˈɝː.dʒənt/notneedingto be done ordealtwithimmediately; notneedingimmediateattention:
Thehospitalwasoverwhelmedand had toturnaway all non-urgentcases.
Ifyourtripis non-urgent, you areadvisedtostayathome.
- Ifyoursurgeryisclassedas non-urgent, it canmeanyou have towaitseveralyearsfor anoperation.
- Theambulanceservicehaveappealedtopeoplenot to make nonurgentcallsto theemergencynumber.
- Patients cancontactthedoctorusingemailfor any nonurgentmattersthatarisebetweenconsultations.
- Any non-urgentrequestsforinformationwill usually beansweredwithin aperiodof 10days.
Of little or less importance
- be in/undersomeone'sshadowidiom
- be neither here nor thereidiom
- be no big dealidiom
- biggie
- derisory
- lowly
- meaningless
- meaninglessly
- meaninglessness
- mere
- merely
- peripheral
- petty
- piffling
- play second fiddleidiom
- poxy
- rinky-dink
- secondarily
- subordinate
- valueless