work-shy
- adjective
- /wɜːkʃaɪ/
- UK
:
perezoso
- Her friends often tease her for being work-shy, but she actually just values her free time over constant labor.
Examples
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While the non-engaged are often perceived as "work-shy" (Labor Department, 2006), the present study shows that employment remains the goal of these individuals, despite the extreme hardship they experience.
Academic text (2007) -
Many people wrongly label him as work-shy just because he prefers to freelance rather than hold a regular job.
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- He's calling us "work shy".
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The grocer's supplies were not exquisite enough for a spoiled, work-shy, stuck-up so-and-so as L. Henningsen.
Fiction book (1999) -
The new employee was not work-shy; he completed all his tasks with enthusiasm and dedication.
Synonyms
355
1.0
Not willing to work or make an effort
5
8.4
A person who is lazy and unwilling to work or try
4
7.2
Not willing to work and often inactive
2
8.0
Not wanting to work or try hard
1
9.1
Very lazy and not willing to do any work or help
Unwilling to work or help
Not willing to work or make effort
Not willing to do any work most of the time
Antonyms
How Willing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Work-shy comes from the plain words work and shy, like in the phrase 'shy away' where 'shy' means 'move back' or 'avoid'. So a work-shy person is someone unwilling to work or who tries to avoid effort.