Otiose

Synonyms of otiose

• idle
• inactive
• useless

Antonyms of otiose

• productive
• effective
• efficient

Collocations of otiose

otiose effort

Frequency: 70 %

His otiose effort to impress her went unnoticed.

otiose task

Frequency: 60 %

She found the assignment to be an otiose task.

otiose endeavor

Frequency: 55 %

Their otiose endeavor to start a business ended in failure.

otiose attempt

Frequency: 50 %

His otiose attempt to fix the problem only made it worse.

otiose action

Frequency: 45 %

Her otiose action caused more harm than good.

Idiomatic Expressions for otiose

• Phrase: otiose argument
  Meaning: an argument that is unnecessary or serves no purpose
  Usage: She made an otiose argument in favor of the proposal, as it had already been decided.