otiose Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
   pointless; senseless; purposeless; wasted; superfluous.
   
   • otiose lines in a play
   • advice is wasted words
   • a pointless remark
   • a life essentially purposeless
   • senseless violence
2. adjective satellite producing no result or effect
   ineffectual; unavailing; futile.
   
   • a futile effort
   • the therapy was ineffectual
   • an otiose undertaking
   • an unavailing attempt
3. adjective satellite disinclined to work or exertion
   lazy; slothful; indolent; faineant; work-shy.
   
   • 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

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