What does do-nothing mean?

Definitions for do-nothing
dudo-noth·ing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word do-nothing.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bumadjective

    person who does no work

    "a lazy bum"

  2. do-nothing(a)adjective

    characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility

    "a do-nothing government"

Wiktionary

  1. do-nothingnoun

    A lazy person.

ChatGPT

  1. do-nothing

    Do-nothing refers to someone who is inactive, unproductive or does not contribute effectively to a task, project, workplace or a group effort. It can also refer to a strategy or standpoint where no action is taken, often maintaining the status quo.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Do-nothingadjective

    doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Do-nothing

    dōō′-nuth′ing, n. one who does nothing: a lazy or idle person: a fainéant.—ns. Do-noth′ingism, Do-noth′ingness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of do-nothing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of do-nothing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of do-nothing in a Sentence

  1. Kyrie Irving:

    It’s basketball. I’ve been in a few environments in my life, like I said, as long as it's just strictly the nature of basketball out there and there’s nothing extra, I’m cool with it.

  2. Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan:

    We have nothing to hide and it should be clear for the international community whose fault it was that the last closed European border was not open.

  3. North Port:

    Nothing found. Efforts will begin again Sunday morning.

  4. Ben Rhodes:

    I have been in the room with Vladimir Putin many times when I was working for President Obama. And whataboutism is always a characteristic of these summit meetings, that whataboutism is meant to engender cynicism, that nothing really matters, it's not worth even challenging this, that everybody's just as corrupt as everybody else. And I think it's incumbent on President Joe Biden to draw the clear distinctions between what America stands for in the world and what Vladimir Putin has been up to for the better part of over two decades now.

  5. New York:

    At the same time, a little part of me wants to tuck my necklace into my shirt in case the wrong person sees it. It's a very hard time to be a Jew in the United States right now and to see so many ignore the hatred we are seeing is incredibly painful – though nothing we're not accustomed to.

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