otiose

Adjective

• 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
    

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

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  faineant , indolent , lazy , slothful , work-shy , futile , ineffectual , unavailing , pointless , purposeless , senseless , superfluous , wasted