: designed or disposed sometimes impracticably and too zealously toward bettering the conditions under which others live
do-goodism noun

Examples of do-good in a Sentence

a do-good social program that never worked out in the way that was intended
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His day job is at a do-good social institute for metro area residents, founded by former Gdańsk mayor Paweł Adamowicz. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025 This episode was shaping up to land high on the do-good side of the spectrum but possibly lower on entertainment value. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025 His day job is at a do-good social institute for metro area residents, founded by former Gdańsk mayor Paweł Adamowicz. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025 Many American taxpayers might think this was just a do-good expenditure of no relevance to them. Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025 This episode was shaping up to land high on the do-good side of the spectrum but possibly lower on entertainment value. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025 His comments seemed to align with OpenAI’s original do-good nonprofit mission, established at its founding in 2015. Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024 Our do-good philanthropic program really unites all our villages around this vision, which is to unlock the future of women and children wherever they are born. Luisa Zargani, WWD, 19 June 2024 Many people will recognize Buckner for her role in the classic Grease, playing Patty Simcox, the bubbly do-good cheerleader who was friends with Sandy, played by the late Olivia Newton-John. Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of do-good was in 1850

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“Do-good.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do-good. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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