Hyphenation of otiose

Are you trying to hyphenate otiose? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

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Definitions of otiose:

1.	Serving no useful purpose Having no excuse for being Otiose lines in a play Advice is wasted words A pointless remark A life essentially purposeless Senseless violence
2.	Producing no result or effect A futile effort The therapy was ineffectual An otiose undertaking An unavailing attempt
3.	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

Synonyms of otiose:

adj	pointless, superfluous, wasted, worthless
adj	futile, ineffectual, unavailing, useless
adj	faineant, indolent, lazy, slothful, work-shy, idle

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.