DO-NOTHING

Meaning of DO-NOTHING in English

ˈdo-ˌnothing BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] British English informal

lazy or unwilling to make any changes, especially in politics:

the do-nothing government of the last few years

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

DO-NOTHING — I. noun Date: 1579 a shiftless or lazy person, II. adjective Date: 1832 marked by inactivity or failure to make …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DO-NOTHING — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a shiftless or habitually slothful person II. adjective : marked by slothful inactivity or minimal activity …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DO-NOTHING — (a.) Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.
Английский словарь Webster
DO-NOTHING — ( a. ) Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DO-NOTHING — /dooh"nuth'ing/ , n. 1. a person who chooses to do nothing; a lazy or worthless person. adj. 2. characterized by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DO-NOTHING — I. ˈdü-ˌnə-thiŋ noun Date: 1579 : a shiftless or lazy person II. adjective Date: 1832 : marked by inactivity or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DO-NOTHING — adj doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.
Webster English vocab
DO-NOTHING — Function: adjective Date: 1832 : marked by inactivity or failure to make positive progress – do-noth · ing · ism …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DO-NOTHING — Pronunciation: ' dü- ˌ n ə -thi ŋ Function: noun Date: 1579 : a shiftless or lazy person
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DO-NOTHING — [do-noth.ing] n (1579): a shiftless or lazy person [2]do-nothing adj (1832): marked by inactivity or failure to make positive progress …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DO-NOTHING — do-nothing BrE AmE ˈduː ˌnʌθ ɪŋ ▷ do-nothing|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DO-NOTHING — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The voters are fed up with this do-nothing Congress. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DO NOTHING — Synonyms and related words : be a sideliner, be conservative, be still, bone-lazy, bum, bum around, cadging, clock watcher, coast, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DO-NOTHING — Function: noun Synonyms: SLUGGARD , bum, dolittle, faineant, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, slugabed
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DO-NOTHING — noun Synonyms: sluggard , bum, dolittle, faineant, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, slugabed
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DO-NOTHING — сущ. бездельник, лентяй, тунеядец Syn : idler, loafer бездельник, лоботряс, лентяй ленивый, праздный пассивный - * policy политика выжидания
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DO-NOTHING — Бездельник
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DO-NOTHING — 1. ʹdu:͵nʌθıŋ n бездельник, лоботряс, лентяй 2. ʹdu:͵nʌθıŋ a 1. ленивый, праздный 2. пассивный do-nothing policy - политика выжидания
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DO-NOTHING — бездельник, лентяй
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DO NOTHING — (n) бездельник; лентяй; лоботряс
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DO NOTHING — (a) ленивый; пассивный; праздный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DO-NOTHING — 1. [ʹdu:͵nʌθıŋ] n бездельник, лоботряс, лентяй 2. [ʹdu:͵nʌθıŋ] a 1. ленивый, праздный 2. пассивный ~ policy - политика выжидания
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DO-NOTHING — 1. ʹdu:͵nʌθıŋ n бездельник, лоботряс, лентяй 2. ʹdu:͵nʌθıŋ a 1. ленивый, праздный 2. пассивный do-nothing policy - политика выжидания
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DO NOTHING — бездельник, лентяй
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DO NOTHING — бездельник, лентяй
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DO-NOTHING — сущ. бездельник, лентяй, тунеядец Syn: idler , loafer
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DO-NOTHING — сущ. бездельник, лентяй, тунеядец Syn: idler, loafer
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DO-NOTHING — _n. бездельник, лентяй
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DO-NOTHING — n. бездельник, лентяй
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DO-NOTHING — бездельник, лентяй
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
DO-NOTHING — _n. бездельник, лентяй
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
DO-NOTHING — [n.] бездельник
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
DO-NOTHING — n бездельник
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
DO-NOTHING — сущ. бездельник, лентяй, тунеядец Syn : idler, loafer бездельник, лоботряс, лентяй ленивый, праздный пассивный - * policy политика выжидания
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOTHING — I. ˈnəthiŋ, -thēŋ pronoun Etymology: Middle English nothing, nathing, non thing, from Old English nāthing, nān thing, from nān no …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DO — I. (|)dü, _də or +V _dəw verb ( past first & third singular did (|)did, _dəd ; or nonstandard done …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOTHING — /nuth"ing/ , n. 1. no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing. 2. no part, share, or trace (usually fol. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DO — do 1 /dooh/ ; unstressed /doo, deuh/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. do , 2nd do …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOTHING — I. ˈnə-thiŋ pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nān thing, nāthing, from nān no + thing thing — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DO — I. ˈdü verb ( did ˈdid, dəd ; done ˈdən ; do·ing ˈdü-iŋ ; does ˈdəz) Etymology: Middle English don, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOTHING — noun a cipher; naught. 2. nothing ·adv in no degree; not at all; in no wise. 3. nothing ·noun nonexistence; …
Webster English vocab
DO — noun deed; act; fear. 2. do ·noun a cheat; a swindle. 3. do ·noun ado; bustle; stir; to do. 4. …
Webster English vocab
NOTHING — [noth.ing] pron [ME, fr. OE nan thing, nathing, fr. nan no + thing thing--more at none] (bef. 12c) 1: not …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOTHING — nothing BrE AmE ˈnʌθ ɪŋ § \ ˈnɒθ- ▷ nothing|ness nəs nɪs ▶ ˌ nothing ˈ doing BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DO
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOTHING — / ˈnʌθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun 1. not anything; no single thing : There was nothing in her bag. There's nothing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOTHING — I. noth ‧ ing 1 S1 W1 /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ BrE AmE pronoun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nan thing , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DO
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOTHING — n. & adv. --n. 1 not anything (nothing has been done; have nothing to do). 2 no thing (often foll. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DO — v. & n. --v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1 tr. perform, carry out, achieve, complete …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOTHING — n. & adv. n. 1 not anything (nothing has been done; have nothing to do). 2 no thing (often foll. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DO — v. & n. v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1 tr. perform, carry out, achieve, complete …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOTHING — n. & adv. --n. 1. not anything (nothing has been done; have nothing to do). 2 no thing (often foll. …
Oxford English vocab
DO — 1. v. & n. --v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1. tr. perform, carry out, achieve, …
Oxford English vocab
DO — I. AUXILIARY VERB USES /də, STRONG du:/ ( does, doing, did, done) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOTHING — ( nothings) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Nothing means not a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOTHING
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DO
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NOTHING — Synonyms and related words : a little thing, a nobody, a nothing, aught, bagatelle, blank, cipher, clean slate, common man, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NOTHING — See: GO FOR NOTHING, HAVE NOTHING ON, HERE GOES NOTHING, IN NO TIME or IN NOTHING FLAT, NOT TO MENTION …
Slang English vocab
NOTHING — I. noun 1. something that does not exist his hopes were based on nothing Synonyms: naught ( or nought), nil, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
NOTHING — • ↑ cost nothing/not cost anything • ↑ do nothing/not do anything • ↑ for nothing • ↑ for nothing/for …
Longman Activator English vocab
NOTHING — INDEX: 1. when there is not any of something 2. the number that means none 3. less than none RELATED …
Longman Activator English vocab
NOTHING
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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