adjective
- Not evidencing any purpose or goal.
- Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being.
- usage: "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
- synonyms: otiose, pointless, senseless, superfluous, wasted
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