footling

(verb) be about. Synonyms: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around. Examples: "The high school students like to loiter in the central square." "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?."

(verb) act foolishly, as by talking nonsense. Synonyms: footle.

(adj) (informal) small and of little importance. Synonyms: fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial. Examples: "A fiddling sum of money." "A footling gesture." "Our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war." "A little (or small) matter." "A dispute over niggling details." "Limited to petty enterprises." "Piffling efforts." "Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction."