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faff

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4 lettersPronunciation /fæf/Sorted afffStarts with FEnds with F0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.

Word origin

Originally imitative of wind or puffs of air (see verb senses "to blow in puffs", "to move with a puff of air"). The noun is formed from the verb by conversion.

Used in a sentence

  • Adjusting this television is a bit of a faff.
  • God it must be a faff having to get nigh-on naked every time your bladder runneth over, and imagine how much worse it must be if you only have a 20-second break to run off stage to the loo.
  • The fuss and faff meant Christmas had long since been drained of any joy and excitement.

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