otiose
Origin of otiose
1Other words for otiose
Other words from otiose
- o·ti·ose·ly, adverb
- o·ti·os·i·ty [oh-shee-os-i-tee, oh-tee-], /ˌoʊ ʃiˈɒs ɪ ti, ˌoʊ ti-/, o·ti·ose·ness, noun
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How to use otiose in a sentence
There is no superfluous ornament in his orations, nothing tawdry, nothing otiose.
Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 | Abraham LincolnDo they serve to direct observation, colligate data, and guide experimentation, or are they otiose?
Essays in Experimental Logic | John DeweyA historian may be a theist; but, so far as his work is concerned, this particular belief is otiose.
Evolution in Modern Thought | Ernst HaeckelSearching comparisons between the arts of Strindberg and Shakespeare are otiose.
August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt | L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-HagebyThe principle "same cause, same effect," which philosophers imagine to be vital to science, is therefore utterly otiose.
Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays | Bertrand Russell
British Dictionary definitions for otiose
/ (ˈəʊtɪˌəʊs, -ˌəʊz) /
serving no useful purpose: otiose language
rare indolent; lazy
Origin of otiose
1Derived forms of otiose
- otiosity (ˌəʊtɪˈɒsɪtɪ) or otioseness, noun
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