otiose

How To Use otiose In A Sentence

• My view of addiction is that once you have acknowledged it, once you have seen it within yourself, then such debates become otiose.
• The use of the word 'recumbent' is surely otiose after the word 'recline'.
• The great houses, for many of which a musical chapel establishment had become otiose, continued to support professional musicians for entertainment and for the teaching of their children and servants.
• Wanless, answered enquiries as to Ingram's behaviour under what Mrs. Percival otiosely called "his bereavement," echoed speculations at to his whereabouts -- played, in short, vacantly an empty part, and kept her mother upon tenterhooks. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution
• Let's remember, though, that he forced himself onto the podium and proceeded to galvanise the orchestra into a rehearsal of Mahler's 5th that rendered all thoughts of his weakness otiose.
• Still, I pack too much, a huge duffle crammed with triple and quadruple of everything: shirts, shorts, footwear, rainwear, and all sorts of otiose extras I know I will never use. Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part I
• I think making a distinction between modern and pre-modern war is irrelevant and otiose here by the way.
• He paid deference to the country's ceremonial presidency and even to its largely otiose Vice-Presidency; he never let the public forget that these notables outranked him in protocol terms.
• Still, I pack too much, a huge duffle crammed with triple and quadruple of everything: shirts, shorts, footwear, rainwear, and all sorts of otiose extras I know I will never use. Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part I
• I agree with her submission that his construction would render paragraph 3 in practice otiose.