Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Adjective
S: (adj) otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted (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"
S: (adj) futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing, meaningless (producing no result or effect) "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
S: (adj) faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy (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"