Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

do-nothing

· do·-noth·ing · IPA

01 a. Doing nothing; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; idle; lazy; -- of people; as, a do-nothing policy.

1.
Doing nothing; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; idle; lazy; -- of people; as, a do-nothing policy.[prenominal]

Syn. bone-idle, bone-lazy, faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, shiftless, slothful, workshy, work-shy.

02 n. person who does no work.

1.
person who does no work.

Syn. idler, loafer, layabout, bum, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing.