[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

otiose \o"tiose`\, a. l. otiosus, fr. otium ease.
   being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle. "otiose
   assent." --paley.
   1913 webster

         the true keeping of the sabbath was not that otiose and
         unprofitable cessation from even good deeds which they
         would enforce.                           --alford.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

otiose
     adj 1: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
            "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"
            syn: pointless, superfluous, wasted
     2: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
        therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
        unavailing attempt" syn: futile, ineffectual, unavailing
     3: disinclined to work or exertion; "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" syn: faineant, indolent, lazy, slothful,
         work-shy
see also:
pointless superfluous wasted futile ineffectual unavailing 
faineant indolent lazy slothful work-shy 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

77 moby thesaurus words for "otiose":
   abortive, airy, asinine, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends,
   available, barren, bootless, catchpenny, disengaged, empty, fallow,
   fatuous, flimsy, foolish, free, fribble, fribbling, frivolous,
   frothy, fruitless, functionless, futile, gainless, idle,
   in disrepair, inane, inapplicable, inoperable, inoperative,
   jobless, leisure, leisured, light, lumpen, nonfunctional,
   nonremunerative, nonutilitarian, nugacious, nugatory, off,
   off duty, off work, out of employ, out of harness, out of order,
   out of whack, out of work, profitless, rewardless, shallow, silly,
   slender, slight, sterile, superficial, trifling, trite, trivial,
   unconducive, unemployable, unemployed, unfit, unhelpful,
   unoccupied, unproductive, unprofitable, unremunerative,
   unrewarding, unsuitable, unusable, unworkable, vacuous, vain,
   vapid, windy

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Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: otiose
...Word of the Day for Monday December 8, 2003. otiose. \OH-shee-ohs; OH- ... Otiose is from Latin otiosus, "idle, at leisure," from otium, "leisure ... ..
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2003/12/08.html, score=100, date indexed=December 19, 2005, 1:58 pm

Dictionary.com/otiose
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Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: otiose
...The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and unprofitable ... Word of the Day for Thursday August 10, 2000. otiose. \OH-shee-ohs; OH- ... ..
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Thesaurus.com/otiose
...Top Web Results for "otiose". 6 entries found for otiose.. Main Entry: ... otiose. , profitless, resultless, sterile, trifling, trivial, ... ..
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Urban Dictionary: otiose
...Fitted Tees from only $11 < Otion Gjini otiose OTIS >. 1. otiose. link ... 3. otiose. link send redefine 1 thumb down. A Otiose is like an apple ... ..
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otiose / John Dummett at the Centre of Attention
...otiose. otiose has been active primarily in the field of performance ... Otiose at the Centre of Attention. For more information on otiose, ... ..
http://www.thecentreofattention.org/exhibitions/otiose.html, score=62, date indexed=December 2, 2005, 6:25 am

Otiose Cognitions
...Otiose Cognitions A waste of your time... Home Otiose Cognitions. ... ..
http://radio.weblogs.com/0113149/2002/10/05.html, score=60, date indexed=November 18, 2005, 10:59 pm

Otiose Cognitions
...Otiose Cognitions A waste of your time... Home. Otiose Cognitions. ... ..
http://radio.weblogs.com/0113149/, score=58, date indexed=January 21, 2006, 5:40 am

Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: otiose
...The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and unprofitable ... Word of the Day for Thursday August 10, 2000. otiose. \OH-shee-ohs; OH- ... ..
http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2000/08/10.html, score=58, date indexed=November 18, 2005, 11:11 pm

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