otiose
a . 不必要的,怠惰的,没有用的,多余的
不必要的,怠惰的,没有用的,多余的
otiose adj 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 " [
synonym : {
otiose }, {
pointless },
{
purposeless }, {
senseless }, {
superfluous }, {
wasted }]
2 :
producing no result or effect ; "
a futile effort "; "
the therapy was ineffectual "; "
an otiose undertaking "; "
an unavailing attempt " [
synonym : {
futile }, {
ineffectual }, {
otiose },
{
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 "
[
synonym : {
faineant }, {
indolent }, {
lazy }, {
otiose }, {
slothful },
{
work -
shy }]
Otiose \
O "
ti *
ose `\,
a . [
L .
otiosus ,
fr .
otium ease .]
Being at leisure or ease ;
unemployed ;
indolent ;
idle . "
Otiose assent ." --
Paley .
[
1913 Webster ]
The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and unprofitable cessation from even good deeds which they would enforce . --
Alford .
[
1913 Webster ]
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "
otiose ":
abortive ,
airy ,
asinine ,
at leisure ,
at liberty ,
at loose ends ,
available ,
barren ,
bootless ,
catchpenny ,
disengaged ,
empty ,
fallow ,
fatuous ,
flimsy ,
foolish ,
free ,
fribble ,
fribbling ,
frivolous ,
frothy ,
fruitless ,
functionless ,
futile ,
gainless ,
idle ,
in disrepair ,
inane ,
inapplicable ,
inoperable ,
inoperative ,
jobless ,
leisure ,
leisured ,
light ,
lumpen ,
nonfunctional ,
nonremunerative ,
nonutilitarian ,
nugacious ,
nugatory ,
off ,
off duty ,
off work ,
out of employ ,
out of harness ,
out of order ,
out of whack ,
out of work ,
profitless ,
rewardless ,
shallow ,
silly ,
slender ,
slight ,
sterile ,
superficial ,
trifling ,
trite ,
trivial ,
unconducive ,
unemployable ,
unemployed ,
unfit ,
unhelpful ,
unoccupied ,
unproductive ,
unprofitable ,
unremunerative ,
unrewarding ,
unsuitable ,
unusable ,
unworkable ,
vacuous ,
vain ,
vapid ,
windy
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