otiose
Speech parts
1. otiose - Adjective
2. otiose - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.
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Examples
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