as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
the assistant's job was to shield the president from such footling problems
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as in dawdling
to spend time doing nothing
spent the morning footling about while others were working
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Barton Swaim, WSJ, 21 June 2019
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By comparison with previous Establishment Clause cases, however, this lawsuit looked footling and rather mean.
—Barton Swaim, WSJ, 21 June 2019
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“Footling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footling. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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