dead calm vs otiose

dead calm

adj
  • Completely still with no waves and no wind. 

noun
  • The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind. 

otiose

adj
  • Having no effect. 

  • Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose. 

  • Done in a careless or perfunctory manner. 

  • Reluctant to work or to exert oneself. 

  • Of a person, possessing a bored indolence. 

How often have the words dead calm and otiose occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )