OTIOSE — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
otiose
Disinclined to work or exertion.
Приклади
- 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.
Producing no result or effect.
Приклади
- A futile effort.
- The therapy was ineffectual.
- An otiose undertaking.
- An unavailing attempt.
Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being.
Приклади
- Otiose lines in a play.
- Advice is wasted words.
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