Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do-nothingism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: do-nothingism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The Machiavellian barratry of a pettifogging public has maundered into do-nothingism."

Etymology

From do-nothing + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: do-nothing

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does do-nothingism mean?: inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness
Where does do-nothingism come from?: From do-nothing + -ism.

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