The phrase "a minimal thing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is small, simple, or basic in nature or importance.
Example: "In the grand scheme of things, a minimal thing like a single compliment can brighten someone's day."
Alternatives: "a trivial matter" or "a minor detail."
"It's very hard because whatever gets said, even the most minimal thing, gets repeated on the internet and then brought up in every interview," she explains, stirring honey into her tea in a quiet hotel drawing room.
"Mwng is the most minimal thing we've ever done," says Rhys, "and the most difficult to pinpoint when it was made – our other records are maybe more influenced by the technology of the day.
But although the show operated within such a minimal framework, things were a bit more complicated behind the scenes.
Whether if we went up there to show them for five minutes… I mean it's the minimal things, just a little bit of massaging of some cream or something you know, they're scared to touch their legs in case they bruise them or something and then things like that are so comforting I think they just want somebody to show them isn't it, to give them the confidence.
Even the simplest and minimal things are part of a cycle.
He said the investigations — and the resulting settlements, known as consent decrees — send a message to police departments that "there are some minimal things you have to do to be professional, and here are the things you need to do in order to achieve that".
A tough grip that goes in all directions gives good traction on all surfaces yet thin but sturdy soles keep things responsive, and a minimal upper keeps things lightweight.
"Bremer's proposal didn't even meet the minimal things that the Kurds have been fighting for all these years".
I am into drones and one chord freak outs and the paintings I am into are more minimal things the New York colour field painters and the soviet schools of the early/mid 20th century suprematism and constructionism.
Rather than acknowledge expectations' basic legitimacy, this administration seems to think it can just tell voters that it either never made promises it clearly made or that voters are immature children the minimal things they expect.
