The mayor dismissed the rumors as footle, urging residents to focus on facts.

Don't footle around when we're on a tight deadline.

He footled with the old radio for an hour before admitting that nothing would get it to work.

She footles around the workshop while everyone else works.

Her footling objections to the plan distracted everyone and wasted time.

During a prenatal ultrasound, the obstetrician identified a footling and recommended a planned cesarean section.

She spent the afternoon footling with the old radio instead of finishing her report.

The biologist carefully labeled the preserved footlings before adding them to the museum's catalog.

He tends to footle away his time on social media.

Instead of finishing his report, he chose to footle about on social media for hours.