2 definitions found 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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