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Otiose Common

Otiose has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
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"

2

producing no result or effect

"a futile effort"

"the therapy was ineffectual"

"an otiose undertaking"

"an unavailing attempt"

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"

4

Having no effect.

Example Sentences
"otiose lines in a play" adjective
"advice is wasted words" adjective
"a pointless remark" adjective
"a life essentially purposeless" adjective
"senseless violence" adjective
"a futile effort" adjective
"the therapy was ineffectual" adjective
"an otiose undertaking" adjective
"an unavailing attempt" adjective
"faineant kings under whose rule the country languished" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ose cose hose jose oose lose bose dose gose nose tose rose mose yose pose roose noose brose loose whose
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