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otiose

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈəʊ.ʃi.əʊs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eioostStarts with OEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. disinclined to work or exertion

Word origin

From Latin ōtiōsus (“idle”), from ōtium (“ease”).

Used in a sentence

  • Pemulis, w/ aid of 150mg. of time-release Tenuate Dospan, almost danced a little post-transaction jig on his way up the steps of the otiose Cambridge bus.
  • Neither the fact that the debates can become otiose, nor their zeal in so often simply echoing the points made in the past, need, however, lead one to suppose that the proper cure is silence.

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