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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DO-NOTHING

DO-NOTHING Do "-noth `ing, a.

 

Defn: Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.

 

DO-NOTHINGISM; DO-NOTHINGNESS

DO-NOTHINGISM; DO-NOTHINGNESS Do "-noth `ing *ism, Do "-noth `ing *ness, n.

 

Defn: Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness. [Jocular ] Carlyle. Miss Austen.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

do-nothing

do-noth ing ▶noun a person who is idle or lacks ambition. ▶adjective idle or lacking ambition.

 

Oxford Dictionary

do-nothing

do-nothing |ˈduːnʌθɪŋ | informal ▶adjective taking no action; doing nothing: a weak, divided, do-nothing government. ▶noun an idle or feckless person: a shiftless lot of do-nothings.