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- Dictionaryotiose/ˈəʊtɪəʊs/
adjective
- 1. serving no practical purpose or result: "there were occasions when I felt my efforts were rather otiose"
- 2. indolent or idle. archaic
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Otiose means producing no useful result, being at leisure, or lacking use or effect. Learn its etymology, synonyms, examples, and word history from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Otiose means unnecessary or redundant, especially in language or ideas. Learn how to use this formal adjective with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in Chinese.
Otiose means being at leisure, idle, or indolent. It also means ineffective, futile, or useless. See the origin, derived forms, and usage examples of otiose from Dictionary.com.
Otiose means serving no useful purpose, indolent, or useless. It comes from Latin ōtiōsus, meaning leisured. See examples, synonyms, and word origin.
Otiose is a colorful, although somewhat old-fashioned, word for "lazy." It also means serving no useful purpose: that steak knife next to your plate is otiose if you're having oatmeal for dinner.
Otiose means serving no useful purpose, ineffective, or lazy. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of otiose in English and Spanish, and see examples of its usage and antonyms.
Otiose means having no useful purpose or being unnecessary. Learn how to pronounce it, see examples and find synonyms in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
