shirker
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- noun
- /ˈʃɜrkər/
:
perezoso
- During the group project, one member turned out to be a shirker, leaving the others to do all the work.
Examples
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The cowards and shirkers are long gone.
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Our mother didn't raise no shirkers.
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Southard had already deserted the regiment once; he was a shirker.
Fiction book (1992) -
Trade sanctions are perhaps the most powerful multilateral inducement that can be applied to shirkers, short of military force.
Academic text (2005) -
Several so-called Confederates Winston met in Canada were shirkers, men who had come north to avoid the war.
Fiction book (1998) -
To hear a member of the shirker branch of our government blame the Fed for not doing enough would be laughable if we weren't living with the consequences of the shirking.
Blog text (23) -
The manager was frustrated by the shirker who never completed his tasks.
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In the military, a shirker is someone who intentionally avoids their service responsibilities.
Synonyms
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4.6
A person who avoids work and often does very little
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7.9
A person who avoids duties and rules by lying or tricking others
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7.0
A person who avoids work and makes little effort
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5.8
A person who avoids work and does very little
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7.0
A person who avoids work and does very little
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8.9
A person who pretends to be ill to avoid work
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8.6
A person who avoids work and wastes time
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9.9
A person who avoids work by pretending to be busy
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9.6
A person who avoids work by pretending to be busy
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8.5
A person who uses tricks to avoid work or blame
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7.2
A person who avoids work and prefers to rest
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9.9
A person who avoids work and does very little
A person who avoids work
A person who avoids work by pretending to be ill
A person who avoids work or duties by making excuses
A person who often misses school or work on purpose
A person who wastes time on small unimportant tasks instead of doing useful work
Antonyms
How Avoidant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shirker comes from the verb shirk, which means 'to avoid' or 'move away from' a job or duty. A helpful way to remember it is to think of someone who 'shies away' from work, so a shirker is a person who avoids responsibility.