out of the picture
not important to or not involved in a situation:
He used to be an important member of the team, but he's gradually drifted out of the picture.
unnecessary in a particular situation:
The new systems cut humans out of the picture altogether.
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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
- merely
- minor
- miss
- mouldy
- need
- peripheral
- petty
- rinky-dink
- sideshow
- small-time
- stay
- stay on the sidelines idiom
- subordinate
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