do-nothingness
Anglais modifier
Étymologie modifier
- Dérivé de do-nothing, avec le suffixe -ness.
Nom commun modifier
do-nothingness \Prononciation ?\ invariable
- (Indénombrable) Oisiveté, inactivité.
- From the outset O’Shiel, who had coined the phrase ‘a policy of do-nothingness’ in preference to violent provocation of Northern Ireland during the civil war, was adamant about the need for efforts to centre on publicity and propaganda: … — (Diarmaid Ferriter, The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics, Profile Books, 2019, page 27)