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DO-NOTHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Person who does no work
Example:
a lazy bum
Synonyms:
bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("do-nothing" is a kind of...):
nonworker (a person who does nothing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "do-nothing"):
clock watcher (a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time)
couch potato (an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television))
dallier; dilly-dallier; dillydallier; lounger; mope (someone who wastes time)
dawdler; drone; laggard; lagger; poke; trailer (someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)
daydreamer; woolgatherer (someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming)
goldbrick; good-for-naught; good-for-nothing; goof-off; ne'er-do-well; no-account (an idle worthless person)
lazybones (a lazy person)
lie-abed; slugabed (a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour)
loon (a worthless lazy fellow)
shirker; slacker (a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))
slug; sluggard (an idle slothful person)
spiv (a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time)
sunbather (someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan)
trifler (one who behaves lightly or not seriously)
whittler (someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime))
Derivation:
do-nothing (characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility
Example:
a do-nothing government
Classified under:
Similar:
irresponsible (showing lack of care for consequences)
Derivation:
do-nothing (person who does no work)
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