shirks
Slides from accountability
Shirks is the third-person singular of shirk, meaning to avoid or evade duties or responsibilities.
Someone who shirks their obligations fails to fulfill them through neglect or cowardice rather than inability: He shirks his share of the housework.
The word carries connotations of laziness or moral weakness—a shirker lets others carry the burden.
Informal leg garments
- loafsSpends time idly
- idlesPasses time uselessly
- malingersFeigns illness to avoid work
- coastsEdges of continents
procrastinates · dawdles · lounges · lazes · goldbricking · freeloading · couch potato · deadbeat
Avoids by cunning
- dodgesEvades with quick movement
- avoidsDeliberately stays away from
- sidestepsEvades by moving aside
- eludesEscapes from skillfully
escapes · ducks · skirts · neglects · ignores · bypasses · circumvents · shuns
Required moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- taskWork to be done
- choreRoutine domestic task
burden · commitment · workload · assignment · role · expectation · liability · charge
Hired organizational member
- coworkerFellow employee
- colleagueProfessional associate
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- deadlineTime limit for completion
project · manager · supervisor · workload · delegation · accountability · performance · productivity
slacks
Informal leg garments
coasts · procrastinates · dawdles · lounges · lazes · goldbricking · freeloading · couch potato · deadbeat · layabout
evades
Avoids by cunning
eludes · escapes · ducks · skirts · neglects · ignores · bypasses · circumvents · shuns · deflects
duty
Required moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- taskWork to be done
chore · burden · commitment · workload · assignment · role · expectation · liability · charge · onus
employee
Hired organizational member
deadline · project · manager · supervisor · workload · delegation · accountability · performance · productivity · office
shirksaccepts
Consents to receive
embraces · fulfills · shoulders · assumes · undertakes
shirksapplies oneself
Works with focused effort
buckles down · toils · labors · perseveres · digs in