work-shy

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work-shy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  work-shy
      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]