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do-gooder

[ doo-good-er, -good- ]

noun

  1. a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.


do-gooder

noun

  1. informal.
    a well-intentioned person, esp a naive or impractical one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ-ˈǴǻ徱Բ, nounadjective
  • ˌ-ˈǴǻ, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of do-gooder1

1925–30, Americanism; do good + -er 1
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Example Sentences

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The critics say the gang leader’s metamorphosis defies reality, and that the kindly, do-gooder persona of Emilia Pérez mocks the victims who suffered during her former, malevolent reign.

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As Jacob, the liberal white do-gooder at a West Philadelphia elementary school, Perfetti has become a fan favorite and meme king.

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One commentator said now that the "do-gooder" pandoro with pink icing sugar had been exposed as junk, Italians were wondering where that left "the princess of influencers as well as queen of social media".

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Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score for “The Curse,” the brilliantly uncomfortable current Showtime series in which Stone plays a wannabe do-gooder TV house flipper.

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A breed apart from his predecessor, he spent the bulk of Season 6 as something of a do-gooder … to an extent.

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