Deadly and Otiose

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Deadly adjective - Likely to cause or capable of causing death.

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Otiose is an antonym for deadly.

Nearby Word: dead

Otiose adjective - Producing no results.

Usage example: since you haven't read the book, I suppose that it would be otiose to inquire what you thought of it

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Deadly is an antonym for otiose.

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