A person who footles; someone who engages in aimless, time-wasting activities instead of doing something productive.
Agent noun formed from 'footle' plus '-er' suffix meaning 'one who does.' Created to describe chronic time-wasters and inefficient tinkerers.
A footler is basically a professional procrastinator—the word captures that person who's always busy but never actually finishes anything important.
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