What does footling mean?
Footling means trivial, silly and irritating..
Footling
/ˈfuːt.lɪŋ/ · adjective
Meaning
trivial, silly and irritating..
Definitions by Sense
- trivial, silly and irritating.
- present participle and gerund of footle
- A fetus oriented so that, at birth, its foot or feet will emerge first. A type of breech birth.
Example Sentences
He was explaining to her things about the air service. . . . "Isn't it rather dangerous work?" she asked. She felt it was a footling question even as she asked it.
Only a couple of days ago I was compelled to take him off a case because his handling of it was so footling.
For 28 footling days the 58-nation General Assembly had been debating the now-famous U.S. afterthought: to postpone partition and substitute a U.N. trusteeship for Palestine.
They are electrically hauled, and travel at over 70 m.p.h. between stops, but they make five stops at footling little country towns and take two hours for the 98-mile run.
“Why did you persist in writing hurlothrumbo romances of the footling sort favored by mooncalfs?”
In 1999 my fourth child (third daughter) made an unexpected footling breech presentation.
Synonyms for footling
Antonyms for footling
Related Words
Word Forms
- more footling
- most footling
- footlings
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for footling?
Common synonyms include trivial, petty, picayune, little.
What is the opposite of footling?
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
How do you use footling in a sentence?
He was explaining to her things about the air service. . . . "Isn't it rather dangerous work?" she asked. She felt it was a footling question even as she asked it.
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