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Otiose

Otiose Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Otiose? [adj] 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" [adj] serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words" [adj] producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Otiose: faineant \| futile \| idle \| indolent \| ineffectual \| lazy \| pointless \| slothful \| superfluous \| unavailing \| useless \| wasted \| work-shy \| worthless Related Terms \| Find terms related to Otiose: abortive \| airy \| asinine \| at leisure \| at liberty \| at loose ends \| available \| barren \| bootless \| catchpenny \| disengaged \| empty \| fallow \| fatuous \| flimsy \| foolish \| free \| fribble \| fribbling \| frivolous \| frothy \| fruitless \| functionless \| futile \| gainless \| idle \| in disrepair \| inane \| inapplicable \| inoperable \| inoperative \| jobless \| leisure \| leisured \| light \| lumpen \| nonfunctional \| nonremunerative \| nonutilitarian \| nugacious \| nugatory \| off \| off duty \| off work \| out of employ \| out of harness \| out of order \| out of whack \| out of work \| profitless \| rewardless \| shallow \| silly \| slender \| slight \| sterile \| superficial \| trifling \| trite \| trivial \| unconducive \| unemployable \| unemployed \| unfit \| unhelpful \| unoccupied \| unproductive \| unprofitable \| unremunerative \| unrewarding \| unsuitable \| unusable \| unworkable \| vacuous \| vain \| vapid \| windy See Also \| Otiose In Webster's Dictionary \O"ti*ose`\, a. [L. otiosus, fr. otium ease.] Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle. ``Otiose assent.'' --Paley. The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and un?rofitable cessation from even good deeds which they would enforce. --Alford.

Otiose Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Otiose?

[adj] 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"
[adj] serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"
[adj] producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"

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Otiose In Webster's Dictionary

\O"ti*ose`\, a. [L. otiosus, fr. otium ease.]
Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.
``Otiose assent.'' --Paley.

      The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and
      un?rofitable cessation from even good deeds which they
      would enforce.                           --Alford.

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