doerless

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adjective

Not involving a doer.

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Meanings

adjectivedoerless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot involving a doer.

    If you still assert that a deed is being done then that deed must be regarded as doerless.

    1898, Sarat Chandra Das, “Buddhist Account of the Four Vedas”, in Journal of the Buddhist Text and Anthropological Society, page 9
    2 more examples

    Silence in action is the doerless doing that we've spoken of before, in which you just wash the dishes, just vacuum the floor.

    1999, Sharon Salzberg, Voices of Insight

    Wu wei is the principle of following the Tao, the doerless doing with which Sabro Hasegawa created a work of art and out of which the great spiritual masters live their lives.

    1999, David Guy, The Red Thread of Passion, page 124

Origin

From doer + -less.

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