do nothing
do nothing verb: to not take any action; to fail to do or accomplish something.
Verb
do nothing (third-person singular simple present does nothing, present participle doing nothing, simple past did nothing, past participle done nothing)
- To not take any action; to fail to do or accomplish something.
- "That colour does nothing for you" "Argh! And you do nothing but complain bout everything!"
- The new zero tolerance rules did nothing to make the school safer and improve its atmosphere; in fact, these rules may have made the school less safe and less desirable instead.
do nothing meaning in Urdu and Gujarati
do nothing in Urdu
- بیکار, کاہل, نکٹھو
do nothing in Gujarati
- to do nothing, to be useless
- બેસી રહેવું besī rahevũ
Forms of do nothing
| third-person singular present | does nothing |
|---|---|
| present participle | doing nothing |
| past | did nothing |
| past participle | done nothing |
Questions about do nothing
- What does do nothing mean?
- Do nothing means to not take any action; to fail to do or accomplish something.
- What is do nothing in Urdu?
- Do nothing in Urdu is بیکار, کاہل, نکٹھو. See Do nothing meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is do nothing?
- Do nothing is a verb.
- What is the past tense of do nothing?
- The past tense of do nothing is did nothing.
Words near do nothing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: do nothing (page history and authors); do nothing (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); બેસી રહેવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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