footling

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footling^¹

/ˈfuːt.lɪŋ/ UK

adjective more footling · most footling

trivial, silly and irritating. 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.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of footle

footling^²

/ˈfʊt.lɪŋ/ UK

noun footlings

A fetus oriented so that, at birth, its foot or feet will emerge first. A type of breech birth. In 1999 my fourth child (third daughter) made an unexpected footling breech presentation.

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@misc{footling_2026,
  title = {footling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/footling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}