footling
UK /ˈfuːt.lɪŋ/ US /ˈfuːt.lɪŋ/
adj 1noun 1
Definitions
adj
1
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.
Only a couple of days ago I was compelled to take him off a case because his handling of it was so footling.
noun
1
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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