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footlingenUK
foo·tling F0237600 (fo͞ot′lĭng)adj. Informal 1. Lacking importance or significance; trifling: a footling gesture.2. Stupid; inept.
[Present participle of footle.]footling (ˈfuːtlɪŋ) adjinformal silly, trivial, or pettyfoot•ling (ˈfʊt lɪŋ)
adj. Informal. 1. foolish; silly: a footling amateur. 2. trifling; trivial: a footling remark. [1895–1900; footle + -ing2] footle, footling - To footle is to talk or act foolishly, from the old verb meaning "bungle"; as an adjective, footle (or footling) refers to something trifling or silly.See also related terms for silly.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | footling - (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"fiddling, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial, petty, lilliputian, littlecolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechunimportant - not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" |
TranslationsfootlingenUK
foot·ling (fut'ling), A fetal foot, particularly one that descends into the birth canal in an incomplete breech presentation. [foot, fr. A. S. fot, + -ling, dim. suffix] foot·ling (fut'ling) A fetal foot, particularly one that descends into the birth canal in an incomplete breech presentation. [foot, fr. A. S. fot, + -ling, dim. suffix]footlingenUK
Related to footling: footling presentation, Footling breechSynonyms for footlingadj (informal) small and of little importanceSynonyms- fiddling
- niggling
- picayune
- piddling
- piffling
- trivial
- petty
- lilliputian
- little
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