otiose

adjective5

1. •
   Having no effect.
2. •
   Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.

   • Neither the fact that the debates can become otiose, nor their zeal in so often simply echoing the points made in the past, need, however, lead one to suppose that the proper cure is silence. — 1969
3. •
   Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.

   • Pemulis, w/ aid of 150mg. of time-release Tenuate Dospan, almost danced a little post-transaction jig on his way up the steps of the otiose Cambridge bus. — 1996
4. •
   Of a person, possessing a bored indolence.
5. •
   Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.