do-gooding
[ doo-goo d-ing ]
/ ˈduˌgʊd ɪŋ /
noun, adjective
earnestly doing good; focusing on humanitarian causes in a naive and often ineffectual way.
Words nearby do-gooding
do, doing, do-all, do-dad, do-good, do-gooder, do-gooding, do-goodism, do-it-yourself, do-little, do-nothing, do-nothingism
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Examples from the Web for do-gooding
His life is well-planned and hard-won; he has a stable, do-gooding career.
The news made tabloid headlines around the world, a grim case of do-gooding apparently gone wrong.