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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  footling \foot"ling\ adj.
     small and of little importance; as, a footling gesture.
  
     Syn: fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, paltry, petty,
          piddling, picayune, small, trivial.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  footling
       adj : (informal terms) 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"; "Mickey Mouse
             regulations"; "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" [syn: {fiddling},
              {lilliputian}, {little}, {Mickey Mouse}, {niggling}, {piddling},
              {piffling}, {petty}, {picayune}, {trivial}]

















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