work-shy
adjective /ˈwɜːk.ʃaɪ/
/ˈwɝːk-/ UK disapprovingDefinition
› disliking work and trying to avoid it when possible: Most of the unemployed are not work-shy and genuinely do want jobs.Laziness and lazy peopleAvoiding action
(Definition of work-shy adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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