do-nothingism

See also: donothingism

English

Etymology

do-nothing +‎ -ism

Noun

do-nothingism (uncountable)

  1. inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness
    • 1959, Walt Kelly, Pogo, April 24 comic strip (→ISBN, p. 35):
      [Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The Machiavellian barratry of a pettifogging public has maundered into do-nothingism.
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