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multishirked

multishirked is the simple past and past participle of multishirk.

Meaning of multishirk

Verb

multishirk (third-person singular simple present multishirks, present participle multishirking, simple past and past participle multishirked)

  1. (humorous, neologism, slang) To do more than one non-work activity at once.
    • But in reality you are doing what one Dilbert reader calls multishirking, i.e., doing two nonwork activities at once.
      Multishirking is not only fun; it doubles the odds that an observer will think you're doing at least one work-related activity.1999 September 8, Scott Adams, The Joy of Work: Dilbert's Guide to Finding Happiness at the Expense of Your Co-Workers, Harper Paperbacks, →ISBN, →OL, page 53

Questions about multishirked

What is multishirked the simple past and past participle of?
Multishirked is the simple past and past participle of multishirk.

Words near multishirked in the dictionary

  1. multishipper
  2. multishippers
  3. multishipping
  4. multiships
  5. multishirk
  6. multishirked
  7. multishirking
  8. multishirks
  9. multishop
  10. multishot
  11. multishuttle

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