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workshy

British  
/ ˈwɜːkˌʃaɪ /

adjective

  1. not inclined to work

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lety was originally established by the Czechoslovak government two weeks before the Nazi occupation in March 1939, as a labour camp for "workshy citizens".

From BBC Jul. 22, 2022

His aspirational character was in direct contrast to that of his friend, Terry Collier, the workshy, cynical figure played by James Bolam.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2017

But at the same time it painted the city in the national imagination as home to workshy, benefit-cheating dossers.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2016

Addressing accusations of being workshy that have dogged him and his brother, the Duke of Cambridge, this year, Harry said that he did not get satisfaction from doing nothing.

From The Guardian May 8, 2016

It tells of a workshy writer, inclined towards paranoia, who discovers that there is a Victorian man living in the walls of his flat conversion.

From The Guardian Mar. 16, 2013

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