otiose meaning and definition

OTIOSE adjective

Definition of otiose (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"
   • synonyms: pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted
2. producing no result or effect
   • "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
   • synonyms: futile, ineffectual, 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"
   • synonyms: faineant, indolent, lazy, slothful, work-shy