Meanings
adjectiveworkshy (comparative more workshy, superlative most workshy)
comparative more workshy · superlative most workshy · alternative work-shy
- UKDisinclined to work; lazy.
Workshy benefits claimants should stop watching daytime television and get a job.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian мързелив
- мързелив (mărzeliv)disinclined to work
Danish arbejdssky
- arbejdsskydisinclined to work
Dutch werkschuw, arbeidsschuw
- werkschuwdisinclined to work
- arbeidsschuwdisinclined to work
Finnish työtä vieroksuva
- työtä vieroksuvadisinclined to work
German arbeitsscheu
- arbeitsscheudisinclined to work
Icelandic latur til vinnu, verklatur
- latur til vinnudisinclined to work
- verklaturdisinclined to work
- hyskinndisinclined to work
Māori ringa mākohakoha
- ringa mākohakohadisinclined to work
Polish nierobotny
- nierobotnydisinclined to work
Spanish sin oficio ni beneficio
- sin oficio ni beneficiodisinclined to work
Swedish arbetsskygg
- arbetsskyggdisinclined to work
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APA
workshy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workshy
MLA
“workshy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workshy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “workshy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workshy.
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