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otiose
/ˈoʊ.ʃi.oʊs/
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What does otiose mean?
adjective
- Having no effect.
- Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.
- Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Of a person, possessing a bored indolence.
- Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈoʊ.ʃi.oʊs/
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A historian may be a theist; but, so far as his work is concerned, this particular belief is otiose.
Much of it is useful and curious; much merely otiose; and much can only be described as an attempt to impart that which cannot be imparted in words.