English - Turkish
Definition of otiose in English Turkish dictionary
- işsiz
- aylak
- tembel
- faydasız
- gereksiz
- verimsiz
- boş
- {s} işe yaramaz
- atıl
- {s} boşuna
- {s} yararsız
- unnecessary
- {s} lüzumsuz
- unnecessary
- gereksiz
İhtiyati önlemler gereksizdi.
-Precautionary measures were unnecessary.
Lütfen gereksiz sorular sormayın.
-Please don't ask unnecessary questions.
- unnecessary
- {s} gereğinden fazla
- unnecessary
- unnecessarilygereksiz olarak
- unnecessary
- abes
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English - English
Definition of otiose in English English dictionary
- Reluctant to work or to exert oneself
- Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose
On Friday morning, I had to be at my house affairs before seven; and they kept me in Apia till past ten, disputing, and consulting about brick and stone and native and hydraulic lime, and cement and sand, and all sorts of otiose details about the chimney – just what I fled from in my father’s office twenty years ago;.
- Resulting in no effect
- unnecessary
- 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"
- {s} lazy; useless; futile
- Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle
- Having no reason for being (raison d'être); having no point, reason, or purpose
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words
- producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
otiose
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o·ti·osePronunciation
Etymology
() From Latin ōtiōsus ‘idle’ ōtium ‘ease’.Resimler
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