do-nothing

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Doing nothing, not taking any action.

Noun

A lazy person.

Sinonieme

loafer

idler

bum

layabout

idle

lounge

lazy

loaf

lazybones

lounger

ne’er-do-well

no-account

playboy

saunter

slob

sluggard

sluggish

unenterprising

unenthusiastic

good-for-naught

shy away

sit idle

nonenterprising

slow-coach

lazy boy girl

bungle

dawdle

dawdler

dead-beat

goldbrick

good-for-nothing

goof-off

Vertalings

holgazán

poltrone

infingardo

vago

vagabundo

fainéant

fannullone

nichts tun

Faulpelz

gandul

paresseux

cagnard

cossard

flâneur

indolent

Etimologie (Engels)

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.