Meaning and example
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Otiose lines in a play
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.543 places superfluous in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 94.3% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
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- 94.3%
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
- Known by
- 94.3%
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
- Known by
- 94.2%
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
- Known by
- 94.2%
an inclination to do something
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- 94.4%
a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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