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footling

/ˈfuːt.lɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To waste time; to trifle.
  2. To talk nonsense.
  3. Trivial, silly and irritating.
  4. A fetus oriented so that, at birth, its foot will emerge first. A type of breech birth.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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