Definisjon av otiose

Vi fant 6 definisjoner av otioseengelsk.

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Adjective

otiose - 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"
pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted
worthless lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"
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"
faineant, indolent, lazy, slothful, work-shy
idle not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
otiose - producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
futile, ineffectual, unavailing
useless having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"
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Adjektiv

otiose - Resulting in no effect.
otiose - Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
otiose - Having no reason for being raison d’être; having no point, reason, or purpose.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: otiose
  • Komparativ: otioser / more otiose
  • Superlativ: otiosest / most otiose

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