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work-shy

work-shy is the alternative spelling of workshy.

Meaning of workshy

Adjective

workshy (comparative more workshy, superlative most workshy)

  1. (UK) Disinclined to work; lazy.
    • Workshy benefits claimants should stop watching daytime television and get a job.

Forms of work-shy

comparativemore work-shy
superlativemost work-shy

Questions about work-shy

What is work-shy the alternative spelling of?
Work-shy is the alternative spelling of workshy.

Words near work-shy in the dictionary

  1. work-mistress
  2. work-place
  3. work-places
  4. work-release
  5. work-safe
  6. work-shy
  7. work-stone
  8. work-stones
  9. work-study
  10. work-study program
  11. work-study programs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: work-shy (page history and authors); workshy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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