DO-NOTHING: Meaning and related words - OneLook

Usually means: Inactive; avoiding work or engagement.

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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word do-nothing:

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do-nothing: Merriam-Webster
do-nothing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
do-nothing: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
do-nothing: Vocabulary.com
Do-Nothing, Do-nothing, do-nothing: Wordnik
do-nothing: Wiktionary
do-nothing: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
do-nothing: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
do-nothing: Infoplease Dictionary
Do-nothing, do-nothing: Dictionary.com
Do-nothing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
do-nothing: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
do-nothing: Rhymezone
Do-nothing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
do-nothing: FreeDictionary.org
do-nothing: Mnemonic Dictionary
do-nothing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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do-nothing: Encyclopedia

(Note: See do-nothingism as well.)

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Definitions from WordNet (do-nothing)

▸ noun: person who does no work

Similar:

irresponsible, layabout, idler, loafer, bum, doerless, passive, nothingless, responseless, thingless, more...

Opposite:

active, productive, industrious, busy

Types:

lazy, slothful, inactive, indolent, lethargic, passive, more...

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Similar:

irresponsible, layabout, idler, loafer, bum, doerless, passive, nothingless, responseless, thingless, more...

Opposite:

active, productive, industrious, busy

Types:

lazy, slothful, inactive, indolent, lethargic, passive, more...

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