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In natural English speech, "footling" appears in contexts such as: "And it is economically beneficial and ecologically beneficial for all of us. It may need some footling transitional money, but honestly, we all gain. So as I've demonstrated through examples in this book where people have protected things from forms of fishing activity that the fishing". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/ˈfuːt.lɪŋ/

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And it is economically beneficial and ecologically beneficial for all of us.

It may need some footling transitional money, but honestly, we all gain.

So as I've demonstrated through examples in this book where people have protected things from forms of fishing activity that the fishing

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adjective

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.”

verb

present participle and gerund of footle

noun

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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