footling

adj. Informal

1. Lacking importance or significance; trifling: a footling gesture.
2. Stupid; inept.

[Present participle of FOOTLE.]

Conservative columnist Mark Steyn envisioned a rosy future for Iraq and derided Democrats in the US as naysayers who are perversely rooting for the Iraqi insurgents:

"And no, I'm not questioning their patriotism. Honestly, who can be bothered questioning anything so footling as [Democratic National Committee chairman] Howard Dean's patriotism?"

Link: Iraq vote leaves Dems looking like the losers

Posted December 20, 2005.

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1) lacking judgment or ability, inept
2) lacking use or value, trivial

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (informal terms) small and of little importance
  Synonyms: fiddling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

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