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Meaning of otiose

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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