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Meaning of 'otiose' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Otiose [ a.]
- Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.

Meaning of 'otiose' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . otiose [ s]
Meaning (1):
- producing no result or effect
Example in sentence:
  • a futile effort;
  • an otiose undertaking;
  • an unavailing attempt;
  • the therapy was ineffectual
Meaning (2):
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Example in sentence:
  • a life essentially purposeless;
  • a pointless remark;
  • advice is wasted words;
  • otiose lines in a play;
  • senseless violence
Meaning (3):
- disinclined to work or exertion
Example in sentence:
  • an indolent hanger-on;
  • faineant kings under whose rule the country languished;
  • shiftless idle youth;
  • slothful employees;
  • the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy;
  • too lazy to wash the dishes

Nearby Words:

otic otiosity otis otitis

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