otiose

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. 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
• Syn:
pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted
• Similar to:
worthless
• Derivationally related forms:
senselessness (for: senseless), purposelessness (for: purposeless), pointlessness (for: pointless)
2. producing no result or effect
- a futile effort
- the therapy was ineffectual
- an otiose undertaking
- an unavailing attempt
• Syn:
futile, ineffectual, unavailing
• Similar to:
useless
• Derivationally related forms:
ineffectualness (for: ineffectual), ineffectuality (for: ineffectual), futility (for: futile)
3. 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
• Syn:
faineant, indolent, lazy, slothful, work-shy
• Similar to:
idle
• Derivationally related forms:
slothfulness (for: slothful), laziness (for: lazy), indolence (for: indolent), faineance (for: faineant)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  faineant, indolent, lazy, slothful, work-shy, futile, ineffectual, unavailing, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted