fiddle
fuss
I make the stew with boned chicken since I hate to futz around with bones.
I had to open up Photoshop and futz around for a few minutes to get the image small enough.
It's the kind of story that can be adapted for the screen very easily without needing to futz with it.
Try to follow the instructions exactly and resist the temptation to futz with it.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Avoiding action
abrogate
abrogation
avoid
avoid something like the plagueidiom
avoidance
elude
end-run
eschew
evader
evasion
fiddle
insure
shirk
short circuit
shrink from something
shy away from something
sit on your arseidiom
steer
welch
Welsh