Countable noun, usually informal and often derogatory, meaning an idle or useless person.
Traduzioni
paresseuxpéjoratif, pour une personne qui évite l’effort ou l’action He was dismissed as a do-nothing who never helped with the project.
Il a été renvoyé comme un paresseux qui n’a jamais aidé sur le projet.
fainéantpéjoratif, plus courant à l’oral Definizioni
a person who avoids work, effort, or action; an idle or useless person He was dismissed as a do-nothing who never helped with the project.
Contrari
hard worker
industrious person
Compound adjective used attributively or predicatively to describe someone or something as inactive, ineffective, or unwilling to take action.
Traduzioni
inerteemploi figuré, pour une attitude ou une réponse sans initiative The committee was criticized for its do-nothing response to the crisis.
Le comité a été critiqué pour sa réponse inerte à la crise.
passifsouvent utilisé pour une attitude qui ne prend aucune initiative Definizioni
inactive; ineffective; unwilling to work or take action The committee was criticized for its do-nothing response to the crisis.