英语词汇“footling”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

WORD FAMILY

footle: footled, footles, footling

USAGE EXAMPLES

Using violence to enforce footling laws is also a common theme.

Economist(Dec 11, 2014)

Several of the large American snooping programmes made public by Mr Snowden were legitimised through unexpectedly broad readings of outwardly footling bills.

Economist(Jul 17, 2014)

This is in the grand scheme of things a footling detail, and there are many thousands more lines, and two more realms, to get through.

The Guardian(Jul 22, 2013)

adj (informal) small and of little importance

a footling gesture

Syn

fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial
unimportant

not important

单词	footling
释义	footling (once / 140707 pages) adj WORD FAMILY footle: footled, footles, footling USAGE EXAMPLES Using violence to enforce footling laws is also a common theme. Economist(Dec 11, 2014) Several of the large American snooping programmes made public by Mr Snowden were legitimised through unexpectedly broad readings of outwardly footling bills. Economist(Jul 17, 2014) This is in the grand scheme of things a footling detail, and there are many thousands more lines, and two more realms, to get through. The Guardian(Jul 22, 2013) adj (informal) small and of little importance a footling gesture Syn fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial unimportant not important
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