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do-nothingness
noun as in laziness
Strong matches
noun as in shiftlessness
Strong matches
noun as in sloth
noun as in slothfulness
Strong matches
noun as in sluggardness
Weak matches
- apathy
- dilatoriness
- dormancy
- dreaminess
- drowsiness
- dullness
- faineance
- faineancy
- heaviness
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- lackadaisicalness
- languidness
- languorousness
- laxness
- leadenness
- leisureliness
- lethargy
- listlessness
- neglectfulness
- negligence
- otioseness
- otiosity
- passivity
- remissness
- shiftlessness
- slackness
- sleepiness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stolidity
- supineness
- tardiness
- torpescence
- torpidness
- weariness
Example Sentences
But the reality is that “Iowa nice” has become nothing more than Iowa do-nothingness: a passive acceptance of the carnage.
You could sell this to people and call it a retreat—they’d pay good money for this level of do-nothingness.
The show I save for lazy Saturday mornings, when all I want to do is sit in my PJs and luxuriate in the variety of deep do-nothingness that is only available to the childless, is Syfy’s Killjoys.
While divisiveness might be status quo in congress, his do-nothingness is far worse, especially when considering his earlier promises during campaigning compared to his output after 7 years.
It is another to do nothing and then assume a superior posture of purposeful neglect, as though do-nothingness were a policy and smug intransigence a philosophy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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