 otiose |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] producing no result or effect | |
| Synonyms: | futile unavailing ineffectual | |
| Examples: | "a futile effort" "the therapy was ineffectual" "an otiose undertaking" "an unavailing attempt" |
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| Related terms: | useless | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being | |
| Synonyms: | wasted superfluous pointless | |
| Examples: | "otiose lines in a play" "advice is wasted words" |
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| Related terms: | worthless | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (work) disinclined to work or exertion | |
| Synonyms: | indolent lazy slothful work-shy faineant | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | idle | |
| Similar spelling: |
Otus Otts Otis |
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