footling
英 [ˈfuːtlɪŋ]
美 [ˈfuːtlɪŋ]
adj. 无足轻重的; 无聊(而烦人)的
牛津词典
adj.
- 无足轻重的;无聊(而烦人)的
not important and likely to make you annoyed
英英释义
adj
- (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 enterprises
- piffling efforts
- giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction