otiose (adj.)

  1. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; otiose lines in a play; advice is wasted words; a pointless remark; a life essentially purposeless; senseless violence

    [ Syn: pointless , purposeless , senseless , superfluous , wasted ]

  2. producing no result or effect; a futile effort; the therapy was ineffectual; an otiose undertaking; an unavailing attempt

    [ Syn: futile , ineffectual , unavailing ]

  3. disinclined to work or exertion; faineant kings under whose rule the country languished; an indolent hanger-on; too lazy to wash the dishes; shiftless idle youth; slothful employees; the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy

    [ Syn: faineant , indolent , lazy , slothful , work-shy ]

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