definition of
footling

[1] #1 footling s. [fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial] (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. wn