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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 consequence

of little importance

of no importance

without rhyme or reason

of minor importance

not worth speaking of

counterproductive

unconsequential

of no great concern

beside the point

neither here nor there

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

run-of-the-mine

fair-to-middling

common or garden

good-for-nothing

dissatisfactory

not to the point

fair to middling

off the subject

barely perceptible

matter of indifference

a matter of indifference

makes no difference

of less importance

par for the course

undistinguishable

impossible to detect

hard to make out

lower in status

nothing to get excited about

middle of the road

run of the mill

unextraordinary

in short supply

not worth a hill of beans

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

lacking substance

unrecognized^US

few and far between

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

thin on the ground

hard to come by

beside the question

wide of the point

not to the purpose

not significant

wide of the mark

smallest amount of

unrecognised^UK

underprivileged

nothing more than

no more important than

of poor quality

unsubstantiated

not connected with

not pertaining to

nothing to do with

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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

good-for-nothing

beneath contempt

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Verb

Present participle for to waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

fiddling around

lounging around

frittering away

frittering away time

twiddling your thumbs

whiling away the time

twiddling thumbs

kicking your heels

standing around

mooching around

knocking around

acting the fool

whiling away hours

not lifting a finger

puttering around

monkeying around

pottering around

twiddling one's thumbs

frittering time away

idling away time

filling in time

passing the time

making yourself at home

draping oneself

stretching oneself

idling away the hours

sitting on one's hands

taking a breather

putting your feet up

amusing oneself

whiling away the hours

piddling around

sitting back and do nothing

slouching about

kicking one's heels

slouching around

taking things easy

taking time off

entertaining oneself

enjoying oneself

letting it all hang out

taking time out

taking your ease

lying spread-eagle

plopping oneself

letting yourself go

putting one's feet up

quietening down

doing nothing in particular

letting one's hair down

sitting heavily

stretching oneself out

warming oneself

becoming fatigued

losing strength

draping yourself

warming yourself

toasting yourself

sunning oneself

stretching over

toasting oneself

having a snooze

taking a siesta

taking life easy

having forty winks

putting feet up

getting some shut-eye

catching some Zs

refreshing oneself

having a siesta

refreshing yourself

snatching forty winks

getting some kip

becoming flaccid

going into a decline

composing oneself

making less tense

collecting oneself

taking one's time

letting your hair down

letting oneself go

making oneself at home

feeling at home

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Verb

Present participle for engage in fruitless activity

running off at the mouth

yackety-yakking

talking unintelligibly

talking incoherently

talking rapidly

swapping gossip

talking at length

carrying on talking

talking on and on

shooting the breeze

tittle-tattling

chewing the fat

talking nineteen to the dozen

shooting the bull

having a conversation

chewing the rag

engaging in conversation

going on and on

having a confab

having a chinwag

talking the hind legs off a donkey

talking incessantly

talking nonsense

shooting one's mouth off

talking a blue streak

talking foolishly

talking aimlessly

talking rubbish

running off at mouth

talking nonsensically

talking trivially

talking a mile a minute

talking the hind leg off a donkey

talking ten to the dozen

humming and hawing

running through

making small talk

talking through your hat

shooting your mouth off

having a discussion

talking someone's ear off

spreading rumors

exchanging views

consulting with each other

talking randomly

ranting and raving

talking through one's hat

talking out of turn

talking gibberish

spilling the beans

rhapsodizing^US

expressing oneself

giving voice to

flapping one's tongue

talking one's leg off

ventriloquizing

rhapsodising^UK

having a tete-a-tete

spreading rumours

circulating rumours

spreading gossip

spreading stories

blowing the whistle

dishing the dirt

giving the show away

having a big mouth

spreading rumor

saying to oneself

talking to oneself

speaking sotto voce

speaking indistinctly

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