otiose (
http://definr.com/otiose)
adj 1: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
"otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"
[syn:
pointless,
superfluous,
wasted]
2: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
unavailing attempt" [syn:
futile,
ineffectual,
unavailing]
3: 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" [syn:
faineant,
indolent,
lazy,
slothful,
work-shy]