do-nothingism

noun

do-nothingism

noun

Etymology From do-nothing + -ism.

1

inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness

  • [Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The Machiavellian barratry of a pettifogging public has maundered into do-nothingism.1959 April 24, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 35:

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