| adjective | serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being “otiose lines in a play” |
| adjective | producing no result or effect “a futile effort” |
| adjective | disinclined to work or exertion “faineant kings under whose rule the country languished” |
| pointlessness | noun | total lack of meaning or ideas |
| purposelessness | noun | the quality of lacking any definite purpose |
| senselessness | noun | total lack of meaning or ideas |
| futility | noun | uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result |
| ineffectualness | noun | lacking the power to be effective |
| ineffectuality | noun | lacking the power to be effective |
| faineance | noun | the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work |
| indolence | noun | inactivity resulting from a dislike of work |
| laziness | noun | inactivity resulting from a dislike of work |
| slothfulness | noun | a disinclination to work or exert yourself |