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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adj
1: 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, work-shy]
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
also workshy If you describe someone as work-shy, you disapprove of them because you think they are lazy and do not want to work. (BRIT) = lazy ADJ: usu ADJ n [disapproval]
