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English adjective: do-nothing | |||
| 1. | do-nothing characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility | ||
| Samples | A do-nothing government. | ||
| Similar | irresponsible | ||
| Antonyms | responsible | ||
English noun: do-nothing | |||
| 1. | do-nothing (person) person who does no work | ||
| Samples | A lazy bum. | ||
| Synonyms | bum, idler, layabout, loafer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nonworker | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clock watcher, couch potato, dallier, dawdler, daydreamer, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, drone, goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, laggard, lagger, lazybones, lie-abed, loon, lounger, mope, ne'er-do-well, no-account, poke, shirker, slacker, slug, slugabed, sluggard, spiv, sunbather, trailer, trifler, whittler, woolgatherer | ||
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