do-nothing
A lazy person.
Adjective
- Doing nothing, not taking any action.
- It became clear that a chronic do-nothing approach to the problem's management would no longer suffice.
- Manchester needs more railway capacity. Just how that is provided until the new platforms are built for HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail, I will leave for the experts, but a do-nothing approach is not going to be...
Origin
Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb, but from the phrase do nothing, which English expresses as a verb phrase containing a complement.
Noun
- A lazy person.
Synonyms: idler bum couch potato dawdler deadbeat dogfucker do-naught do-nothing dosser idleton faineant flaneur footler get-nothing goldbricker goof-off lallygag lollygagger laggard layabout lazy ass lazybones lazy louse lidderon
Antonyms: doer agent dynamo gunner self-starter