Otiose - Definition
otiose
adj 1: 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" [syn: otiose, pointless,
purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted]
2: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual, otiose,
unavailing]
3: 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"
[syn: faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful,
work-shy]