Do-nothingness
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness. uncountable
"Her disposition was naturally easy and indolent, like Lady Bertram's; and a situation of similar affluence and do-nothing-ness, would have been much more suited to her capacity, than the exertions and self-denials of the one, which her imprudent marriage had placed her in."
Example
More examples"Her disposition was naturally easy and indolent, like Lady Bertram's; and a situation of similar affluence and do-nothing-ness, would have been much more suited to her capacity, than the exertions and self-denials of the one, which her imprudent marriage had placed her in."
Etymology
From do-nothing + -ness.
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