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  • 31Deity — • This article is confined to the non Christian notion of the Deity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Deity     Deity     † …

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  • 32o´ti|ose|ness — o|ti|ose «OH shee ohs, OH tee », adjective. 1. at leisure or rest; lazy; idle; inactive: »Our policy in Turey has now dwindled into an otiose support of the Government (Saturday Review). 2. of no value; trifling; nugatory: »Such… …

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  • 33o´ti|ose|ly — o|ti|ose «OH shee ohs, OH tee », adjective. 1. at leisure or rest; lazy; idle; inactive: »Our policy in Turey has now dwindled into an otiose support of the Government (Saturday Review). 2. of no value; trifling; nugatory: »Such… …

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  • 34o|ti|ose — «OH shee ohs, OH tee », adjective. 1. at leisure or rest; lazy; idle; inactive: »Our policy in Turey has now dwindled into an otiose support of the Government (Saturday Review). 2. of no value; trifling; nugatory: »Such stories…require…nothing… …

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  • 35nugatory — nu·ga·to·ry / nü gə ˌtōr ē, nyü / adj [Latin nugatorius, from nugari to trifle, from nugae trifles]: being without operative legal effect held that such an interpretation would render the statute nugatory Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… …

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  • 36passive — pas·sive / pa siv/ adj: not involving, deriving from, or requiring effort or active participation imposed a passive duty not to interfere; specif: of, relating to, or being business activity in which the investor does not have immediate control… …

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  • 37apathetic — I adjective aloof, bored, callous, careless, casual, cold, cold blooded, cursory, disinterested, dragging, dull, frigid, heartless, heedless, impassive, inactive, inattentive, incurious, indifferent, indolent, inert, inexpressive, insensible,… …

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  • 38dispensable — I adjective disposable, excusable, expendable, extraneous, futile, gratuitous, in excess, inconsequential, ineffectual, minor, needless, negligible, nonessential, of no avail, otiose, pardonable, petty, redundant, replaceable, severable, sparable …

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  • 39futile — I adjective abortive, barren, bootless, feckless, fruitless, futilis, gainless, hopeless, inanis, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, insignificant, inutile, nugatory, otiose, profitless, resultless, unavailing, unfruitful, unimportant,… …

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  • 40inactive — I adjective abeyant, abolished, abrogated, apathetic, canceled, comatose, destroyed, disabled, dormant, idle, ignavus, inanimate, indifferent, indolent, iners, inert, inoperative, insentient, invalid, languid, latent, lazy, lethargic, lethargical …

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