Definition of otiose Otiose
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We found 9 definitions of otiose from 5 different sources.
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What does otiose mean?
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Adjectiveotiose, otioser, otiosest |
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| otiose - 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" | ||
| pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted | ||
| worthless lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler" | ||
| otiose - 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" | ||
| faineant, indolent, lazy, slothful, work-shy | ||
| idle not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands" | ||
| otiose - producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" | ||
| futile, ineffectual, unavailing | ||
| useless having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- otiose (a.)
Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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otiose
o′shi-ōs, adj. unoccupied: lazy: done in a careless way, perfunctory, futile.—n. Otios′ity, ease, idleness. [L. otiosus—otium, rest.]
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