otioseadjective
uk/ˈəʊ.ti.əʊs//ˈəʊ.ʃi.əʊs/us/ˈoʊ.t̬i.oʊs/formalused to describe a word or phrase, or sometimes an idea, that is unnecessary or has been used several times:
The use of the word "recumbent" is otiose after the word "recline".
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Useless and futile
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift
- aimless
- airy-fairy
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid
- fool's errand
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous
- fruitless
- moon around
- motiveless
- negate
- no good idiom
- nugatory
- use
- useless
- vain
- vainly
- what good is ... idiom
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