otiose

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• March 3. 2014 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  otiose — adjective — english

  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"

• March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  otiose — adjective — english

  producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"

• March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  otiose — adjective — english

  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"