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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
work-shy
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It is very hard for me to bear because my employer and even my own family think I am just being work-shy.
▪ Most of them are idle, work-shy, good-for-nothing.
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work-shy

a. (alternative spelling of workshy English)

WordNet
work-shy

adj. disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy" [syn: faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful]

Usage examples of "work-shy".

He snagged the potboy as he ran pasta child of nine or ten had replaced Gil, he noticed, doubtless one of Conarys multitude of relatives, but young enough not to have become work-shy yetand bade the boy bring a brush and some rags to get ofFthe worst of the mud.