Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
producing no result or effect
A futile effort. The therapy was ineffectual. An otiose undertaking. An unavailing attempt.
source: WordNet 3.0
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.
