work-shy in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for work-shy in the English»French Dictionary

work-shy ADJ pej

work-shy

paresseux/-euse

Translations for work-shy in the French»English Dictionary

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renâcler à la besogne

to be workshy

work-shy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for work-shy in the English»French Dictionary

workshy [ˈwɜ:kʃaɪ, Am ˈwɜ:rk-] ADJ Brit pej

workshy

fainéant(e)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This industrial action tended to refute claims that trades unions were work-shy and was therefore embarrassing to the government.

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Prospective reformers' biggest headache is that this addiction to the welfare state extends well beyond the work-shy and benefits scroungers of tabloid lore.

www.telegraph.co.uk

The people who are breeding en masse are the sub-culture, benefits cheats, criminals and work-shy.

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Shiftless, work-shy, non-workers must get jealous, and predators who rise late must feel our ire.

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These are not work-shy layabouts or trustafarians, either.

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Being a work-shy politician his immediate answer is to start delegating, and so much of the game involves recreating new people to your entourage.

metro.co.uk

He has recently been accused of being work-shy over the small number of royal duties he carried out last year and at the start of this year.

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He can not read and is work-shy.

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How did a nation of work-shy yokels with a troubling past come to hold the world's future in its hands?

www.telegraph.co.uk

It's fun, but the male cops are all lazy, work-shy and trying to impress, mostly unsuccessfully.

theconversation.com