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Definition of
do-nothing noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
do-nothing
noun
noun
(
slang
)
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a person who is lazy or lacks ambition
If you keep hanging out with those do-nothings, you’ll never amount to anything.
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do-nothing
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do-nothing
adjective
be/have nothing to do with somebody/something
have (got) something, nothing, a lot, etc. to do with somebody/something
Idioms
be/have nothing to do with somebody/something
have (got) something, nothing, a lot, etc. to do with somebody/something
Nearby words
do
noun
do
verb
do-nothing
noun
do
auxiliary verb
do
noun