otiose

adj 1: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;

"otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"

[syn: {pointless}, {superfluous}, {wasted}]

2: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the

therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an

unavailing attempt" [syn: {futile}, {ineffectual}, {unavailing}]

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}]