Usually means: Avoiding work; disinclined to work.
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  1. work-shy: Merriam-Webster
  2. work-shy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. work-shy: Vocabulary.com
  4. work-shy: Wordnik
  5. work-shy: Wiktionary
  6. work-shy: Dictionary.com
  7. Work-shy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. work-shy: Rhymezone
  9. work-shy: FreeDictionary.org
  10. work-shy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. work-shy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Work-shy)

▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of workshy [(British) Disinclined to work; lazy.]

Similar:
slothful, indolent, lazy, faineant, idle, otiose, gun shy, headshy, gun-shy, slackhanded, more...

Opposite:
industrious, hardworking, diligent, productive

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Similar:
slothful, indolent, lazy, faineant, idle, otiose, gun shy, headshy, gun-shy, slackhanded, more...

Opposite:
industrious, hardworking, diligent, productive



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