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Otiose

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Definitions for Otiose

adjective
serving no useful purpose
Synonyms
pointless purposeless senseless superfluous wasted
Examples
  1. having no excuse for being
  2. otiose lines in a play
  3. advice is wasted words
  4. a pointless remark
  5. a life essentially purposeless
  6. senseless violence
adjective
producing no result or effect
Synonyms
futile ineffectual unavailing meaningless
Examples
  1. a futile effort
  2. the therapy was ineffectual
  3. an otiose undertaking
  4. an unavailing attempt
adjective
disinclined to work or exertion
Synonyms
faineant indolent lazy slothful work-shy
Examples
  1. faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
  2. an indolent hanger-on
  3. too lazy to wash the dishes
  4. shiftless idle youth
  5. slothful employees
  6. the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy

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