| Adj. | 1. | otiose - serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"worthless - lacking in excellence or value; "a worthless idler" | |
| 2. | otiose - producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"useless - having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency" | |
| 3. | 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"idle - not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" | |