>I was hoping that nonfeasance was just a high-falutin' way of saying "Sittin' around not doing a thing," which would be a useful word ("I expect to be managing an unusually heavy load of nonfeasance and other related activities this weekend."), but it appears to be not so broadly applicable.



Pish-tosh!! In the case of so excellent an extended meaning as the one you suggest, I say, apply Humpty's glory rule. Nonfeasants of the world unite! or not, if that seems too energetic