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do-nothingness

do-nothingness noun: inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness.

Noun

do-nothingness (uncountable)

  1. Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness.
    • Her disposition was naturally easy and indolent, like Lady Bertram's; and a situation of similar affluence and do-nothing-ness, would have been much more suited to her capacity, than the exertions and self-denials of the one, which her imprudent marriage had placed her in.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 172

Origin of do-nothingness

From do-nothing + -ness.

Questions about do-nothingness

What does do-nothingness mean?
Do-nothingness means inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness.
What part of speech is do-nothingness?
Do-nothingness is a noun.

Words near do-nothingness in the dictionary

  1. do-littles
  2. do-naught
  3. do-naughts
  4. do-nothing
  5. do-nothingism
  6. do-nothingness
  7. do-nothings
  8. do-nought
  9. do-ocracies
  10. do-ocracy
  11. do-ocratic

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