workphobic
workphobic adjective: averse to working.
Adjective
workphobic (comparative more workphobic, superlative most workphobic)
- Averse to working.
- Guilt thus renders us productive and unproductive, workaholic and workphobic – a conflict that might explain the extreme and even violent lengths to which people sometimes will go, whether by scapegoating others or sacrificing themselves, to be rid of what many people consider the most unbearable...2017 October 3, Devorah Baum, “Why do we feel so guilty all the time?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2023
- "If Steve was treated like a person instead of a machine and paid fairly for the amount of work he was expected to put out, I would have fully supported him staying on at GX," said Bowling's wife on reddit recently, in response to a critical fan. "As far as him being workphobic? He also maintains...2021 January 14, Patrick Klepek, “Former Workers Allege YouTube Channel GameXplain Was Exploitative Workplace”, in VICE, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2022
Forms of workphobic
| comparative | more workphobic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most workphobic |
Origin of workphobic
From work + -phobic.
Questions about workphobic
- What does workphobic mean?
- Workphobic means averse to working.
- What part of speech is workphobic?
- Workphobic is an adjective.
Words near workphobic in the dictionary
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