shirks 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

1

a person who shirks.

His status as a shirk would normally render him somewhat of a pariah.

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 "shirks" in a sentence

1. 22 He always shirks the unpleasant tasks.

2. Tim is a Blackguardly kind of politician, but he is mighty cute, and shirks Irish securities

3. Antonyms for Brazens include dodges, ducks, funks, shirks, sidesteps, avoids, evades, baulks at, recoils from and escapes from

4. ‘Their Cravenness on immigration is deeply disturbing.’ More example sentences ‘It calls for ‘responsibility,’ then shirks it with surreal Cravenness.’

5. ‘Their Cravenness on immigration is deeply disturbing.’ More example sentences ‘It calls for ‘responsibility,’ then shirks it with surreal Cravenness.’