1. trivial, petty, or of little importance; not worth serious attention
Usage: informal; chiefly British

Examples

• The committee spent hours debating footling details instead of addressing the main issue.
• I don't have time for footling complaints when there are real problems to solve.
• He dismissed her concerns as footling and refused to listen.
• The footling bureaucracy made a simple process unnecessarily complicated.
• Stop wasting energy on footling matters and focus on what truly matters.