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Trivial and irritating

Contemptible (used as a term of abuse)

Present participle for to waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

Present participle for engage in fruitless activity

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Adjective

Trivial and irritating

nickel-and-dime

inconsequential

twopenny-halfpenny

not worth mentioning

of little account

not worth bothering about

of no consequence

of little importance

of little consequence

of no importance

without rhyme or reason

of minor importance

not worth speaking of

unconsequential

counterproductive

of no great concern

neither here nor there

beside the point

hardly worth mentioning

of no significance

of little import

too little too late

undistinguished

run-of-the-mill

no great shakes

indistinguishable

middle-of-the-road

nothing special

nothing to write home about

good-for-nothing

fair-to-middling

undistinguishable

common or garden

dissatisfactory

run-of-the-mine

par for the course

of less importance

of no earthly use

not worth a hill of beans

lacking foundation

impossible to detect

nothing to get excited about

middle of the road

run of the mill

unextraordinary

hard to make out

lower in status

without grounds

without foundation

in short supply

few and far between

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

lacking substance

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

thin on the ground

unrecognized^US

hard to come by

smallest amount of

unsubstantiated

underprivileged

unrecognised^UK

fair to middling

of poor quality

beside the question

wide of the point

not to the purpose

not significant

wide of the mark

off the subject

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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

twiddling thumbs

frittering away

frittering away time

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

taking a breather

whiling away the hours

putting your feet up

resting on your oars

sitting back and do nothing

slouching about

slouching around

acting the fool

pottering about

footling around

doing nothing much

puddling around

pottering around

taking things easy

doing nothing in particular

whiling away time

lying down on job

stooging around

flopping around

warming oneself

sunning yourself

toasting yourself

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Verb

Present participle for 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

chewing the fat

tittle-tattling

shooting the bull

talking nineteen to the dozen

chewing the rag

having a conversation

engaging in conversation

going on and on

having a confab

having a chinwag

shooting one's mouth off

talking the hind legs off a donkey

talking incessantly

talking a blue streak

talking aimlessly

talking through one's hat

talking nonsense

running off at mouth

talking a mile a minute

talking ten to the dozen

batting the breeze

talking the hind leg off a donkey

running through

having a discussion

exchanging views

consulting with each other

having a tete-a-tete

spreading rumors

talking out of turn

talking someone's ear off

whistling Dixie

talking randomly

ranting and raving

talking nonsensically

talking trivially

talking foolishly

circulating rumours

spreading gossip

spreading stories

spreading rumours

spreading rumor

having a big mouth

rhapsodizing^US

expressing oneself

giving voice to

flapping one's tongue

talking one's leg off

ventriloquizing

rhapsodising^UK

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