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
Example sentences 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.