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Synonyms for otiose in English

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otiose:
- lazy; indolent; work-shy; slothful; faineant; otiose; futile; unavailing; ineffectual; superfluous; wasted; pointless; senseless; purposeless

English

Detailed Synonyms for otiose in English

otiose:

otiose adj

otiose

– disinclined to work or exertion ¹
lazy; indolent; work-shy; slothful; faineant; otiose
– disinclined to work or exertion ¹
- lazy adj
  - too lazy to wash the dishes¹
- indolent adj
  - an indolent hanger-on¹
- work-shy adj
  - the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy¹
- slothful adj
  - slothful employees¹
- faineant adj
  - faineant kings under whose rule the country languished¹
- otiose adj
otiose

– producing no result or effect ¹
futile; unavailing; ineffectual; otiose
– producing no result or effect ¹
- futile adj
  - a futile effort¹
- unavailing adj
  - an unavailing attempt¹
- ineffectual adj
  - the therapy was ineffectual¹
- otiose adj
  - an otiose undertaking¹
otiose

– serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being ¹
superfluous; wasted; pointless; senseless; purposeless; otiose
– serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being ¹
- superfluous adj
- wasted adj
  - advice is wasted words¹
- pointless adj
  - a pointless remark¹
- senseless adj
  - senseless violence¹
- purposeless adj
  - a life essentially purposeless¹
- otiose adj
  - otiose lines in a play¹

Alternate Synonyms for "otiose":

pointless; superfluous; wasted; worthless
futile; ineffectual; unavailing; useless
faineant; indolent; lazy; slothful; work-shy; idle

Related Definitions for "otiose":

disinclined to work or exertion¹
producing no result or effect¹
- an otiose undertaking¹
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being¹
- otiose lines in a play¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University