do-gooding

[doo-good-ing]

do-good·ing

[doo-good-ing]
noun, adjective
earnestly doing good; focusing on humanitarian causes in a naive and often ineffectual way.
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do-gooder
 
n
informal, derogatory usually a well-intentioned person, esp a naive or impractical one
 
do-'goodery
 
n
 
do-'gooding
 
n, —adj

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