otiose

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++o·ti·ose /ˈəʊtiəʊs, ˈəʊʃəs $ ˈoʊʃioʊs, ˈoʊti-/ adjective formal TOO/TOO MUCHunnecessary 多余的，无用的，不必要的

Examples from the Corpus

otiose• Therefore, although there is a substantial overlap between section 1 and section 15, section 15 is not otiose.• This class system has long been regarded as functionally otiose.• The linking commentary is often otiose and always plonking.• Where else could they pick up that otiose rhetoric?• Begrimed by obscure use, otiose warehouses shadowed the rigid, corky bobbing of gulls.