footling是什么意思

2024-01-09 04:30:17

footling

美[fuːtlɪŋ] 英[fuːtlɪŋ]

adj. 不熟练的；笨拙的；无关紧要的；微小的；无用的；无价值的

sp. 动词footle的现在分词形式.

近义词：trivial，piddling，piffling，unimportant，insignificant，trifling，inconsequential，picayune，petty，fiddling，little，niggling，Lilliputian，

Adjective

(informal) small and of little importance;
"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"