footling

Letters that make footling

o, f, g, l, n, t, i are letters that make 'footling'

Words within footling

FO, Lin, ng, li, in, foot, ling, IN, In, Li, Tl are words within 'footling'


1 possible definitions for 'footling'

Footling as "(informal) small and of little importance"

Under this definition, footling is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

fiddling, petty, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, picayune, trivial have the same meaning as 'footling'

footling Usage

'footling' can be a useage of colloquialism.

Derivatives of footling

triviality, trivia, trifle, pettiness, littleness, smallness, puniness, trivialize, trivialise, small beer, slightness are derivatives of 'footling'.

Similar to footling

unimportant is similar to footling.

Example of footling used within this context

"a fiddling sum of money", "a footling gesture", "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war", "a little (or small) matter", "a dispute over niggling details", "limited to petty enterprises", "piffling efforts", "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"



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