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Definition of "do-nothingness" []

  • Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness (noun)

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Use "do-nothingness" in a sentence
  • "This kind of diplomatic double-talk and do-nothingness is unconscionable."
  • "The house was the stage upon which we'd acted out every conceivable drama, from those pillowy snow days of do-nothingness to the joyous July afternoon when I learned my book had been accepted to that leaden October morning when my husband came home, put his arms around me and said he was out of a job."
  • "But given the strange mix of ego, animosity and complacent "do-nothingness" -- for lack of a better word -- that seems to be the order of business among politicians in Springfield, keeping kids out of school won't shame them into doing something."