do-nothing
Example Sentences
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The plan’s do-nothing nature was never so clearly articulated as when Modica approached the mic at a packed town meeting Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
As much as Forrest is a know-nothing, except when it comes to knowing what love is, he’s also a do-nothing when it comes to acknowledging systemic wrongdoing.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2024
It is the sound of do-nothing summer afternoons in the pre-internet portion of my youth.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2021
I’m not a sit around, do-nothing kind of guy.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2021
Harry was one of their early and most intimate playmates—a fine, cheerful, open-hearted boy, whose parents were the practical advocates of "the let-alone, do-nothing policy," in regard to education.
From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various
