shirk
/ʃɜrk/
noun
- A person who avoids work or responsibility; a lazy or unreliable person.
- The manager warned the shirk that he would be replaced if he didn't start working.
- No one wants to be on a team with a shirk who doesn't pull their weight.
- The coach called him a shirk because he never showed up for practice.
verb
- To avoid or neglect a duty, responsibility, or task, especially out of laziness or fear.
- It's not fair to shirk the hard work and let others do it for you.
- He tried to shirk his homework by pretending to be sick.
- The employee was fired for constantly shirking her responsibilities at work.