otiose

o·ti·ose

O0147800 (ō′shē-ōs′, ō′tē-)adj.1. Lazy; indolent.2. Of no use; pointless or superfluous: It is otiose to review what happened when the events are so well-known.3. Ineffective; futile. See Synonyms at vain.

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[Latin ōtiōsus, idle, from ōtium, leisure.]

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o′ti·ose′ly adv.o′ti·os′i·ty (-ŏs′ĭ-tē) n.

otiose

(ˈəʊtɪˌəʊs; -ˌəʊz) adj1. serving no useful purpose: otiose language. 2. rare indolent; lazy[C18: from Latin ōtiōsus leisured, from ōtium leisure] otiosity, ˈotioseness n

o•ti•ose

(ˈoʊ ʃiˌoʊs, ˈoʊ ti-)

adj. 1. being at leisure; idle. 2. ineffective or futile. 3. superfluous or useless. [1785–95; < Latin ōtiōsus at leisure] o′ti•ose`ly, adv. o`ti•os′i•ty (-ˈɒs ɪ ti) o′ti•ose`ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	otiose - 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"superfluous, wasted, pointless, purposeless, senselessworthless - lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"
	2.	otiose - producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"futile, unavailing, ineffectualuseless - having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"
	3.	otiose - 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"faineant, indolent, slothful, work-shy, lazyidle - not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"

otiose

adjectiveLacking value, use, or substance:empty, hollow, idle, vacant, vain.

Translations

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