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 ]
producing no result or effect; a futile effort; the therapy was ineffectual; an otiose undertaking; an unavailing attempt
[ Syn: futile , ineffectual , unavailing ]
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