shirked
Ducked one's responsibilities
Shirked is the past tense of shirk, meaning to avoid or neglect a duty or responsibility.
Someone who shirked their obligations deliberately evaded what they were supposed to do: He shirked his chores and went fishing instead.
The word carries connotations of laziness or cowardice—shirking work, shirking responsibility, shirking one's duty.
Abandonment of duty
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- ignoreRefuse to notice
- overlookMiss or commanding view
omission · inattention · carelessness · remissness · heedlessness · unmindfulness · nonobservance · abandonment
Without activity or purpose
- slothfulHabitually avoiding exertion
- indolentHabitually avoiding exertion
- loafingPassing time idly
- sluggishSlow and inactive
procrastinate · unmotivated · slack · goldbricking · malingering · coasting · freeloading · slacking
State of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- chargeCost or accusation
burden · task · assignment · mandate · expectation · role · function · trust
dereliction
Abandonment of duty
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- ignoreRefuse to notice
overlook · omission · inattention · carelessness · remissness · heedlessness · unmindfulness · nonobservance · abandonment · forsake
idle
Without activity or purpose
sluggish · procrastinate · unmotivated · slack · goldbricking · malingering · coasting · freeloading · slacking · skiving
responsibility
State of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
charge · burden · task · assignment · mandate · expectation · role · function · trust · job
evade
Escape by cunning
circumvent · bypass · skirt · duck · shun · eschew · deflect · avert · steer clear of · wriggle out of
shirkedaccepted
Formally agreed to
fulfilled · shouldered · embraced · assumed · discharged
shirkedtoiled
Exerted oneself strenuously
labored · worked hard · applied oneself · buckled down · tackled