Do-little synonyms

do͝o'lĭt'l

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bum
A bum is defined as a person who is lazy and does not work by choice.
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drone
A low-pitched hum or buzz.
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fainéant
A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity
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good-for-nothing
A useless or worthless person
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idler
A person who wastes time and does no work; lazy person
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layabout
A lazy or idle person; a loafer.
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loafer
A trademark for a low leather step-in shoe with an upper resembling a moccasin but with a broad, flat heel.
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ne'er-do-well
A person without a means of support; an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; a good-for-nothing.
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no-good
A worthless or useless person
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slugabed
(Old-fashioned) A lazy person who stays in bed when he or she should be up
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sluggard
A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
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wastrel
(Dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
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do-nothing
An idle or lazy person.
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lazybones
(Informal) A lazy person
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slug
The definition of a slug is a small animal with a soft, smooth and slimy body without a shell that slowly moves using one muscular foot.
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slouch
(Slang) An awkward, lazy, or inept person:
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industrious (related)
A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity
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Find another word for do-little. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for do-little, like: bum, drone, fainéant, good-for-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed and sluggard.
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Do-little Sentence Examples

  • Dean could do little more than put his arm around her.

  • On his first entry into Milan (15th of May 1796) he received a rapturous welcome as the liberator of Italy from the Austrian yoke; but the instructions of the Directory allowed him at the outset to do little more than effect the organization of consultative committees and national guards in the chief towns of Lombardy.

  • The government also sought to make criminals of some use to the state, by placing them in a situation where they could do little harm to society, and might help to uphold the dominion of their nation.

  • But erroneous theories, when they are supported by facts, do little harm, since every one takes a healthy pleasure in proving their falsity " (Darwin).

  • The elaborate collections made by Daremberg of medical notices in the poets and historians illustrate the relations of the profession to society, but do little to prepare us for the Hippocratic period.

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