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Synonyms for work-shy
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Princeton's WordNet
faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy(adj)
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"
Synonyms:
indolent, otiose, superfluous, faineant, wasted, purposeless, pointless, senseless, futile, unavailing, ineffectual, lazy, slothfulAntonyms:
busy
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#9125 | lazy | |
#12442 | wasted | |
#18270 | pointless | |
#26975 | futile | |
#35057 | senseless | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#61666 | ineffectual | |
#80300 | indolent | |
#109464 | unavailing | |
#114767 | slothful | |
#148311 | purposeless |
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