otiose

Adjective
  1. Serving no useful purpose;
    Having no excuse for being (synset 302513350)
    "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
    similar to: worthless - lacking in usefulness or value
    same as: pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted
  2. Producing no result or effect (synset 302507270)
    "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
    similar to: useless - having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
    same as: futile, ineffectual, meaningless, unavailing
  3. Disinclined to work or exertion (synset 300295445)
    "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"
    similar to: idle - not in action or at work
    same as: faineant, indolent, lazy, slothful, work-shy

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