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OTIOSE

Definition:

1. [adjective] serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"
   Synonyms: pointless, superfluous, wasted
   
   
2. [adjective] producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
   Synonyms: futile, ineffectual, unavailing
   
   
3. [adjective] 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
   
   

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