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done nothing

done nothing is the past participle of do nothing.

Meaning of do nothing

Verb

do nothing (third-person singular simple present does nothing, present participle doing nothing, simple past did nothing, past participle done nothing)

  1. 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!"

Questions about done nothing

What is done nothing the past participle of?
Done nothing is the past participle of do nothing.

Words near done nothing in the dictionary

  1. done it up brown
  2. done justice
  3. done like a dinner
  4. done lunch
  5. done more harm than good
  6. done nothing
  7. done numbers
  8. done off
  9. done one's bit
  10. done one's business
  11. done one's damnedest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: done nothing (page history and authors); do nothing (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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