otiose

Words with a similar base: otiose

'otiose'

[otiose.s.01] as in: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

Examples:
otiose lines in a play
advice is wasted words
a pointless remark
a life essentially purposeless
senseless violence

'otiose'

[futile.s.01] as in: producing no result or effect

Examples:
a futile effort
the therapy was ineffectual
an otiose undertaking
an unavailing attempt

'otiose'

[faineant.s.01] as in: disinclined to work or exertion

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

Origins

					otiose (English)
└── otiosus (Latin)
    ├── -osus (Latin)
    └── otium (Latin)

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