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Meanings of footling in English

(Informal) small and of little importance.

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Usage of footling in English
1
She felt it was a footling question even as she asked it.
All Roads Lead to Calvary
2
I'm not such an ass as to fall off a footling balcony.
Jaffery
3
Despite Lhel's efforts, the second child came wrong way around, a footling breach.
The Bone Doll's Twin
4
For these two years, therefore, C na T has spent its time footling.
The Irish Times
5
Fidgeting, footling, while a companion looked on, and occasionally shifted position.
The Irish Times
6
How must it feel to venture online and see your most footling errands documented?
The Guardian
7
Well, you can tell the footling ass from me that he's a thumping liar.
Captivity
8
And you refuse your footling little insignificant self.
Jaffery
9
But I've only paid those footling little bills.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920
10
He talked about Lapland, and some footling researches he had made into the magic of the north.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
11
For the little footling services I rendered her on the journey, she's idiotically grateful-outof all proportion.
Jaffery
12
Need we go on footling about it?
Overruled
13
For anything simpler than distributing a few footling books to a bunch of grimy-faced kids I can't imagine.
Right Ho, Jeeves
14
He said that all them footling little beasts were a-listening to 'em, and they told him all about it.
The Fortunate Youth
15
Mr. Lunn is footling.
Overruled
16
Are you sure that would be worse than living with a man she did love, if he was a footling person?
Heartbreak House
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