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Synonyms for do-nothing


Grammar : Noun
Spell : doo-nuhth-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈduˌnʌθ ɪŋ

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Définition of do-nothing

  • noun lazy person
Example sentences :
  • The Do-Nothing school has almost enough truth on its side to be right.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • A do-nothing life is a mistake, and only fit for a pet dog, and him it kills.
  • Extract from : « Devon Boys » by George Manville Fenn
  • For years she was a very sick woman, a victim of do-nothing ailments.
  • Extract from : « Civics and Health » by William H. Allen
  • Malthus was not a thoroughgoing supporter of the 'do-nothing' doctrine.
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) » by Leslie Stephen
  • Has any one a suggestion to make as to the first adventure of the Do-Nothing Club?
  • Extract from : « The Pansy Magazine, July 1886 » by Various
  • Like his wife Louis the Do-nothing was barely twenty years of age.
  • Extract from : « The Infant's Skull » by Eugne Sue
  • Justly nicknamed the "Do-nothing," he looked as nonchalant as he seemed bored.
  • Extract from : « The Infant's Skull » by Eugne Sue
  • I am but a dawdler, a do-nothing, the butt and laughing-stock of all brave men.
  • Extract from : « Helmet of Navarre » by Bertha Runkle
  • He had been called a dawdler and a trifler and a do-nothing.
  • Extract from : « Under Handicap » by Jackson Gregory
  • These are the moments of do-nothing heroics to which even good men surrender at times.
  • Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad

Antonyms for do-nothing

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