do-nothing

Noun do-nothing has 1 sense

• do-nothing(n = noun.person) bum, idler, layabout, loafer - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
is a kind of nonworker
has particulars: clock watcher, couch potato, dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope, dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer, daydreamer, woolgatherer, goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account, lazybones, lie-abed, slugabed, loon, shirker, slacker, slug, sluggard, spiv, sunbather, trifler, whittler
Derived form adjective do-nothing₁

Adjective do-nothing has 1 sense

• do-nothing(s = adj.all) Array - characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility; "a do-nothing government"
Derived form noun do-nothing₁