footling

footling /'fu:tliɳ/
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footling

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    adj.

  • (informal) small and of little importance; fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

    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