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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ti•ose (ō′shē ōs′, ō′tē-),USA pronunciation adj. - being at leisure; idle;
indolent. - ineffective or futile.
- superfluous or useless.
- Latin ōtiōsus at leisure, equivalent. to ōti(um) leisure + -ōsus -ose1
- 1785–95
o′ti•ose′ly, adv. o•ti•os•i•ty (ō′shē os′i tē, ō′tē-),USA pronunciation o′ti•ose′ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lazy, slothful.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged idle, vain, profitless.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged redundant, worthless, pointless.
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