Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lazy person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. One who performs little though professing much.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun colloquial One who performs little though
professing much.
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Examples
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Finally, Democracy Now! chatted with longtime author, leading climate change activist and founder of 350.org Bill McKibben who said that the WikiLeaks cables show that "the U.S. was both bullying and buying countries into endorsing their do-little position on climate."
Democracy Now!: Cancun Climate Summit: WikiLeaks and the Exposure of U.S. Coercion, Blackmail to Weaken Climate Action Democracy Now! 2010
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Finally, Democracy Now! chatted with longtime author, leading climate change activist and founder of 350.org Bill McKibben who said that the WikiLeaks cables show that "the U.S. was both bullying and buying countries into endorsing their do-little position on climate."
Democracy Now!: Cancun Climate Summit: WikiLeaks and the Exposure of U.S. Coercion, Blackmail to Weaken Climate Action Democracy Now! 2010
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All of this was given a special edge on Saturday, when WikiLeaks documents emerged showing the U.S. climate negotiator essentially buying votes for the American do-little position by promising to dole out assistance money -- or to withhold it if countries stuck to their guns.
Bill McKibben: US Plays the Big Tease at Global Climate Talks Bill McKibben 2010
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All of this was given a special edge on Saturday, when WikiLeaks documents emerged showing the U.S. climate negotiator essentially buying votes for the American do-little position by promising to dole out assistance money -- or to withhold it if countries stuck to their guns.
Bill McKibben: US Plays the Big Tease at Global Climate Talks Bill McKibben 2010
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All of this was given a special edge on Saturday, when WikiLeaks documents emerged showing the U.S. climate negotiator essentially buying votes for the American do-little position by promising to dole out assistance money -- or to withhold it if countries stuck to their guns.
Bill McKibben: US Plays the Big Tease at Global Climate Talks Bill McKibben 2010
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Finally, Democracy Now! chatted with longtime author, leading climate change activist and founder of 350.org Bill McKibben who said that the WikiLeaks cables show that "the U.S. was both bullying and buying countries into endorsing their do-little position on climate."
Democracy Now!: Cancun Climate Summit: WikiLeaks and the Exposure of U.S. Coercion, Blackmail to Weaken Climate Action Democracy Now! 2010
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It turns out that The Audience saw no need to win as, not only is he in The Brigade, the do-little alliance that "runs the house," and "drops grenades," but he and Hayden had also made a secret side alliance with Brendon and Boobiac shortly before evictions hit, to promise to trim off Ragan and Bitchney, for the sins of making friends with the other two Brigade members.
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Boobiac Strikes Back! 2010
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It turns out that The Audience saw no need to win as, not only is he in The Brigade, the do-little alliance that "runs the house," and "drops grenades," but he and Hayden had also made a secret side alliance with Brendon and Boobiac shortly before evictions hit, to promise to trim off Ragan and Bitchney, for the sins of making friends with the other two Brigade members.
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Boobiac Strikes Back! 2010
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It is also a tragedy, because if he had lived, his legacy would have been much the same as that of Bill Clinton – an uncomprimising womanizer and do-little president.
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All of this was given a special edge on Saturday, when WikiLeaks documents emerged showing the U.S. climate negotiator essentially buying votes for the American do-little position by promising to dole out assistance money -- or to withhold it if countries stuck to their guns.
Bill McKibben: US Plays the Big Tease at Global Climate Talks Bill McKibben 2010
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