OTIOSE

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : faineant , indolent , lazy , slothful , work-shy

• (adj.) producing no result or effect

  "a futile effort", "the therapy was ineffectual", "an otiose undertaking", "an unavailing attempt"

  synonyms : futile , ineffectual , unavailing

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : pointless , purposeless , senseless , superfluous , wasted

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