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Do-nothing

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Doing nothing, not taking any action. attributive

    "It became clear that a chronic do-nothing approach to the problem's management would no longer suffice."

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A lazy person.
  2. 2
    person who does no work wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb, but from the phrase do nothing, which English expresses as a verb phrase containing a complement.

Etymology 2

Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb, but from the phrase do nothing, which English expresses as a verb phrase containing a complement.

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