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say it: OH-tee-ohs
otiose is an adjective meaning "serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being". It is pronounced /ˈoʊtiˌoʊs/ — OH-tee-ohs. It carries 3 recorded senses.
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for otiose come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.