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{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "work",
"3": "shy"
},
"expansion": "work + shy",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "work + shy",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more workshy",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most workshy",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "workshy (comparative more workshy, superlative most workshy)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Personality",
"orig": "en:Personality",
"parents": [
"Mind",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Workshy benefits claimants should stop watching daytime television and get a job."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Disinclined to work; lazy."
],
"id": "en-workshy-en-adj-9B0UD71-",
"links": [
[
"lazy",
"lazy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(British) Disinclined to work; lazy."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "ergophobic"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "work-shy"
}
],
"tags": [
"British"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎrzeliv",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "мързелив"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "arbejdssky"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "werkschuw"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "arbeidsschuw"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "työtä vieroksuva"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "arbeitsscheu"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "latur til vinnu"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verklatur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hyskinn"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "ringa mākohakoha"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "nierobotny"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "sin oficio ni beneficio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "arbetsskygg"
}
]
}
],
"word": "workshy"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "work",
"3": "shy"
},
"expansion": "work + shy",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "work + shy",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more workshy",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most workshy",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "workshy (comparative more workshy, superlative most workshy)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "ergophobic"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English adjectives",
"English compound terms",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"en:Personality"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Workshy benefits claimants should stop watching daytime television and get a job."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Disinclined to work; lazy."
],
"links": [
[
"lazy",
"lazy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(British) Disinclined to work; lazy."
],
"tags": [
"British"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "work-shy"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎrzeliv",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "мързелив"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "arbejdssky"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "werkschuw"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "arbeidsschuw"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "työtä vieroksuva"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "arbeitsscheu"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "latur til vinnu"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verklatur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hyskinn"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "ringa mākohakoha"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "nierobotny"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "sin oficio ni beneficio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "disinclined to work",
"word": "arbetsskygg"
}
],
"word": "workshy"
}
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