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otiose

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otiose in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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 
  2. producing no result or effect
    "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
    futile  ineffectual  otiose  unavailing 
  3. 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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