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footling

[ foot-ling ]

adjective

Informal.
  1. foolish; silly:

    ridiculous, footling remarks.

  2. trifling or useless.


footling

/ ˈڳːٱɪŋ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    silly, trivial, or petty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of footling1

First recorded in 1895–1900; footle + -ing 2
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About two hours later, it was recognised Arthur was "an unanticipated footling breech", the Record of Inquest states.

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That left Jonathan with lifelong feelings of guilt, which led him on several occasions to announce that he was abandoning what he once called “this footling flibbertigibbet world of theater.”

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Race and gender are weighty issues, but there is another, more footling, prejudice that Strong Island will have to overcome if it is to take the Oscar on Sunday.

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

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

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