footling
- adjective
- /ˈfʊt.lɪŋ/
- Archaic
:
insignificante
- She dismissed his concerns as merely footling and refused to discuss them further.
Examples
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His comments on the project were just footling remarks.
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Why waste time arguing over such a footling issue when there are bigger problems to solve?
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His footling excuses did nothing to change her mind.
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She dismissed the footling complaints from the audience.
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She dismissed his complaints as footling and unworthy of her attention.
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The discussion about the restaurant's decor was footling compared to the more pressing issues at hand.
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He realized that worrying about his minor mistakes was footling and decided to move on.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not very important
121
3.9
Not important or serious
120
3.7
Small and unimportant in position or power
7
6.6
Very small and not important enough to need attention
1
8.6
Too small or not important to matter
1
9.9
Small and not important
Very small and not important
Small in amount and not important
A small annoying problem or worry that does not need serious attention
Very low in value and not important
Very small or unimportant
Antonyms
How Trivial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word footling comes from foot plus the little suffix -ling, like in duckling, which gives a picture of something small or slight. That's why calling something footling means it is 'trivial' or 'not important'.