ELTWeekly Issue #20, Word of the week: otiose

otiose • OH-shee-ohss

1 : producing no useful result : futile

2 : being at leisure : idle

3 : lacking use or effect : functionless

Example Sentence:

“Half the streets are cobbled and half wide, empty, modern highways at whose pretentious crossings an occasional rickshaw waits for the otiose traffic lights to change to green.”

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