otiose
UKouʃiəus
معنی فارسی
بي مصرف بيکاره بدردنخور بيهوده
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ō´shē ōs´/adj.
● (نادر) بیکاره، تنبل، بیحال
● بیهوده، بیاثر، بیفایده
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Derived from the Latin 'otiosus', meaning 'at leisure, idle'.
مثال
- His efforts to reform the system were otiose.
- The meeting was otiose, as no decisions were made.
- The report was filled with otiose details.
ترکیبهای رایج
Otiose effort Otiose detail Otiose exercise
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- 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”
- producing no result or effect “a futile effort” “the therapy was ineffectual” “an otiose undertaking” “an unavailing attempt”
- 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”
مترادفها
adjective
Idle, unemployed, indolent.