- 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
Synonym: faineantindolentlazyslothfulwork-shy
- producing no result or effect
- a futile effort
- the therapy was ineffectual
- an otiose undertaking
- an unavailing attempt
Synonym: futileineffectualunavailing
- serving no useful purpose
- otiose lines in a play
- advice is wasted words
- a pointless remark
- a life essentially purposeless
- senseless violence
Synonym: pointlesspurposelesssenselesssuperfluouswasted