| otiose | (adj) serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being, Syn. senseless, superfluous, wasted, purposeless, pointless, Example: otiose lines in a play; advice is wasted words; a pointless remark; a life essentially purposeless; senseless violence |
| faineant | (adj) disinclined to work or exertion, Syn. work-shy, lazy, slothful, otiose, indolent, Example: 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 |
| futile | (adj) producing no result or effect, Syn. unavailing, otiose, ineffectual, Example: a futile effort; the therapy was ineffectual; an otiose undertaking; an unavailing attempt |
