1. (

• otiose ,
• pointless ,
• purposeless ,
• senseless ,
• superfluous ,
• wasted

) serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence" ;

2. (

• futile ,
• ineffectual ,
• otiose ,
• unavailing ,
• meaningless

) producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" ;

3. (

• faineant ,
• indolent ,
• lazy ,
• otiose ,
• slothful ,
• work-shy

) 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" ;