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What does otiose mean?

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Adjective
  1. Having no effect.
  2. Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.
  3. Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
  4. Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
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I agree with her submission that his construction would render paragraph 3 in practice otiose.
In this case, moreover, the proposed form of the subsidy is entirely otiose.
If so, it would be otiose for the officer concerned to give an explanation.
Second, if this narrow interpretation is right, section 36 seems otiose.
He is, however, in part an otiose deity and can hardly be said to rule over this otherworldly realm.
Certainly any facility with writing seems to be considered otiose.

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