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otiose in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- 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 lazy otiose slothful work-shy
- producing no result or effect
"a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
futile ineffectual otiose unavailing
- 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"
otiose pointless purposeless senseless superfluous wasted
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