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Of little value or importance

Contemptible (used as a term of abuse)

Present participle for to waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

Present participle for to engage in fruitless activity

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Adjective

Of little value or importance

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

of little account

not worth mentioning

twopenny-halfpenny

not worth bothering about

of no consequence

of little importance

of little consequence

of no importance

of minor importance

without rhyme or reason

not worth speaking of

of little import

unconsequential

hardly worth mentioning

neither here nor there

of no great concern

of no significance

beside the point

undistinguished

good-for-nothing

indistinguishable

underprivileged

dissatisfactory

undistinguishable

underrepresented

lower in status

no great shakes

lacking foundation

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

too little too late

of little worth

lacking substance

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

of less importance

of no earthly use

impossible to detect

hard to make out

without grounds

without foundation

counterproductive

in short supply

few and far between

thin on the ground

unrecognized^US

hard to come by

without success

in vicious circle

smallest amount of

unrecognised^UK

unsubstantiated

uninspirational

extremely small

invisible to the naked eye

barely perceptible

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“He lists the erosion of liberty with enough precision to make objections to his flippancy seem footling (and based on straightforward political hostility).”

Adjective

Contemptible (used as a term of abuse)

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

beyond the pale

beyond contempt

beneath contempt

good-for-nothing

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Verb

Present participle for to waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

fiddling around

lounging around

frittering away

twiddling thumbs

frittering away time

puddling around

whiling away the time

amusing oneself

kicking your heels

standing around

mooching around

knocking around

piddling around

whiling away hours

not lifting a finger

frittering time away

idling away time

filling in time

passing the time

idling away the hours

sitting on one's hands

resting on your oars

sitting back and do nothing

slouching about

slouching around

taking a breather

whiling away the hours

putting your feet up

whiling away time

acting the fool

pottering about

footling around

doing nothing much

pottering around

taking things easy

shilly-shallying

doing nothing in particular

stooging around

burning daylight

lying down on job

procrastinating

flopping around

shlepping along

taking your time

pottering round

getting no place fast

sitting on one's butt

diddle-daddling

scrounging around

dragging your feet

warming a chair

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“After finishing my work early, I decided to footle around the office until it was time to leave.”

Verb

Present participle for to engage in fruitless activity

running off at the mouth

talking unintelligibly

talking incoherently

talking rapidly

swapping gossip

talking on and on

talking at length

yackety-yakking

carrying on talking

shooting the breeze

talking nineteen to the dozen

tittle-tattling

chewing the fat

shooting the bull

having a chinwag

engaging in conversation

chewing the rag

going on and on

shooting one's mouth off

having a conversation

talking the hind legs off a donkey

talking incessantly

having a confab

going off at a tangent

talking the hind leg off a donkey

talking foolishly

talking trivially

talking nonsensically

talking rubbish

running off at mouth

spilling the beans

talking gibberish

talking a blue streak

spreading rumors

whistling Dixie

talking through one's hat

talking out of turn

making small talk

humming and hawing

laboring the point

rhapsodizing^US

expressing oneself

giving voice to

flapping one's tongue

talking one's leg off

ventriloquizing

rhapsodising^UK

talking ten to the dozen

talking a mile a minute

talking aimlessly

talking randomly

talking nonsense

ranting and raving

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“Despite knowing the deadline was approaching, she chose to footle around on social media instead of working on her project.”

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