Definition of "workshy" []

• Disinclined to work; lazy. (adjective)

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• "Plus the Govt are threatening to overhaul incapacity benefits & start penalising the long-term workshy a bit more for not trying a bit harder to find work."
• "Then you change the definition of 'workshy' and deny many of those very people access to benefits."
• "In the last week, there have been plenty of references to "workshy" people and "scroungers", and that follows the infamous Osborne remark earlier in the autumn about "lifestyle choices"."