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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

Understanding immediately, Goldie knelt down and gnashed his way through the Perspex tube wall until he had made a fissure large enough for AL and KT to pull the workshy deity through.

From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2013

Her workshy bliss is smashed by the piercing shriek of a sales call, and the salesman's business is insulation.

From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2012

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