from the phrase <span class="searchmatch">do</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>, which English expresses as a verb phrase containing a complement. <span class="searchmatch">do</span>-<span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> (attributive) <span class="searchmatch">Doing</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>, not taking any action...
<span class="searchmatch">do</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">does</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>, present participle <span class="searchmatch">doing</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>, simple past did <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>, past participle done nothing)...
<span class="searchmatch">doing</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">do</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">do</span>-<span class="searchmatch">nothings</span> pl plural of <span class="searchmatch">do</span>-<span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">does</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">do</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>...
See also: donothingism From <span class="searchmatch">do</span>-<span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> + -ism. <span class="searchmatch">do</span>-<span class="searchmatch">nothingism</span> (uncountable) inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness 1959 April 24, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic...
done <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> past participle of <span class="searchmatch">do</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>...
did <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> simple past of <span class="searchmatch">do</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> <span class="searchmatch">doing</span> (dated, idiomatic, now chiefly India) Absolutely not; definitely no. 1917, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 11, in The Sheriff's Son: "I'll...
than <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> come to <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> dance on <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> dance upon <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> <span class="searchmatch">do</span> <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> <span class="searchmatch">do</span>-<span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> double or <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> for <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> get-<span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> go for <span class="searchmatch">nothing</span> good for...