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Otiose

Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.

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Idle 84% connected

Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Idle 84% connected

Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Useless 84% connected

Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineff…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Useless 84% connected

Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineff…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Worthless 84% connected

Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Worthless 84% connected

Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Synonym 11

Faineant 92% connected

Doing nothing; shiftless.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Futile 92% connected

Talkative; loquacious; tattling.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Indolent 92% connected

Free from toil, pain, or trouble.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ineffectual 92% connected

Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lazy 92% connected

Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pointless 92% connected

Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Purposeless 92% connected

Having no purpose or result; objectless.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Senseless 92% connected

Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slothful 92% connected

Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Superfluous 92% connected

More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wasted 92% connected

of Waste

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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