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treacle-footed
Definition
(Adjective) (slang - UK, Aust., NZ) Lacking in any strong substance, strength, depth, or substantial value, and possessing sentimentality as its only real virtue.Usage: As they drove from the scene of the crime, Nancy nodded in mock approval at her dear, senile old aunt's treacle-footed theories on just who the perpetrator may have been.
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