WORK-SHY


Meaning of WORK-SHY in English

ˈwork-shy BrE AmE adjective

someone who is work-shy tries to avoid working because they do not like it SYN lazy

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THESAURUS

▪ lazy not liking work or physical activity, or not making any effort to do anything:

a lazy student

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You make your own breakfast! Don't be so lazy!

▪ idle lazy and not doing enough work. Idle sounds rather formal and is becoming old-fashioned. In everyday English, people usually use lazy :

The beggars were too idle to look for work.

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Her son was bone idle (=extremely lazy) .

▪ indolent formal lazy and living a comfortable life:

He spent an indolent first year at Oxford.

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the indolent son of a wealthy landowner

▪ shiftless lazy and having no ambition to succeed or do anything useful with your life:

her shiftless husband

▪ work-shy British English lazy and trying to avoid any work:

He was work-shy, and no one could remember when he’d last held a job.

▪ slothful formal lazy and not liking physical activity:

Her advice to slothful Americans is: ‘Get out there and walk!’

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.