shirking in English

verb

1

avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).

their sole motive is to shirk responsibility and rip off the company

synonyms: evade, dodge, avoid, get out of, sidestep, shrink from, shun, skip, miss, neglect, duck (out of), cop out of, cut, avoid one's duty, be remiss, be negligent, play truant, swing the lead, slack off, goof off, play hooky

noun

• soldiering, slacking

verb

• evade, dodge, avoid, get out of, sidestep, shrink from, shun, skip, miss, neglect, duck (out of), cop out of, cut
• avoid one's duty, be remiss, be negligent, play truant, swing the lead, slack off, goof off, play hooky
• goldbrick, fiddle, shrink from

Use "shirking" in a sentence

1. We are not shirking its responsibilities.

2. It's no use shirking facts.

3. You're supposed to tidy up, so stop shirking and do it!

4. Of course, not all of shirking its responsibility to Scolari.

5. She is shirking going to the dentist.

6. Many people might have excused them for shirking some of their responsibilities.

7. This is a case that admits of no shirking.

8. The report accused the government of shirking its responsibilities.

9. I'd be shirking my duty if I didn't warn him.

10. Shirking laws, authentication, inspection and quarantine set by administrative regulation.

11. It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight.

12. Any man shirking his duty would be shot on the spot.

13. You are on duty today, so stop shirking and erase the blackboard!

14. We don't want anyone shirking round here -- everyone is expected to earn their pay.

15. He devoured work, never shirking and always beating the native sailors in jumping obey a command.

16. It cannot be shirked. Shirking means surrender, and surrender the end of government by the people.

17. Synonyms for Bunking include avoiding, shirking, skipping, bagging, cutting, ditching, truanting from, goofing off, mitching off and playing truant from

18. And far from shirking jury duty, fancy people in fancy jobs were found to be more conscientious than others, if anything.