do-nothing in English

noun
1
a person who is idle or lacks ambition.
His former reluctance to pursue a military solution gave him street cred with the world's do-nothings .
adjective
1
idle or lacking ambition.
We know that he's been a do-nothing Senator eaten up with ambition for higher office since day one of his term.

Use "do-nothing" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "do-nothing" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "do-nothing", or refer to the context using the word "do-nothing" in the English Dictionary.

1. Do nothing to offend her susceptibilities.

2. 21 We do nothing by halves.

3. Well, I can't just do nothing.

4. Do nothing more to embarrass me.

5. We'll do nothing but cook 24-7.

6. I felt it advisable to do nothing.

7. I will not wait and do nothing.

8. She could do nothing but spout insults.

9. We can't sit around and do nothing!

10. I can do nothing to end your suffering

11. I do nothing but fight—all the time."

12. At present I can do nothing but wait.

13. I can't just sit here and do nothing.

14. A dying man can do nothing easy. 

15. But you can't just do nothing all day.

16. Lower right is a solar do- nothing toy.

17. The great thing is to do nothing hasty.

18. Their decision to do nothing makes them culpable.

19. They therefore can do nothing good of themselves.

20. They drag us away and we do nothing.

21. ♫ And try to do nothing amiss ♫

22. She professed that she could do nothing unaided.

23. I couldn't just stand by and do nothing .

24. Police could do nothing to stop the pitch invasion.

25. He could do nothing but grumble over the situation.

26. The environmentally friendly solution is, therefore, to do nothing.

27. On holidays he would do nothing but stick around.

28. Intervene, appeal to the U. N., or do nothing?

29. 12 Those clothes do nothing to enhance her appearance.

30. One can do nothing else but beat a drum.

31. Your marshal here ain't gonna do nothing about it.

32. They that do nothing learn to do ill. 

33. One who can do everything can do nothing. 

34. (a) fatalities and accidents, reduction targets against ‘do nothing’ scenario;

35. That kid screwed up my business, I can't do nothing!

36. It is more pain to do nothing than something. 

37. They agreed to do nothing; self-winding up was inconceivable.

38. These tablets will do nothing to remedy my sore throat.

39. 27 Seemingly, we can do nothing to prevent this from happening.

40. If you do nothing, there's a danger you could drift apart.

41. When adults are stuck in a loop, you can do nothing.

42. 15 They agreed to do nothing; self-winding up was inconceivable.

43. These measures do nothing to root out the causes of terrorism.

44. So you'd rather do nothing, just let him die on his own?

45. His wife could do nothing about his monkey business at the pub.

46. Residents can do nothing with high-rise buildings once they are completed.

47. Finally, he could do nothing but stare fixedly into those ancient eyes.

48. And even our most advanced tools do nothing without our explicit direction.

49. And don't ever, ever say that i don't do nothing for you.

50. As I'm no longer Minister of the Navy, I can do nothing.