as in slackers
one who deliberately avoids work or duty
even before we weighed anchor, the captain forcefully served notice that there would be no shirkers on his ship
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Noun
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Boomers saw Gen Xers, that’s me, as cynical slackers.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
30 Dec. 2025 -
These are not bored slackers experimenting for fun.—
Chris Wysopal,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mojtaba Khamenei maintains close ties with the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the paramilitary force that has been launching missiles and drones toward Israel and Gulf states during the conflict.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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More major energy infrastructure was threatened over the weekend, with Saudi Arabia intercepting and destroying drones heading to the 1-million barrel a day Shaybah oil field.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The parasite’s usual life cycle involves infected rodents passing the larvae through their feces, which is then eaten by gastropods, such as snails and slugs, according to the study.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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The rat then poops the worms out, and animals such as slugs and snails eat the poop.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Shirkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shirkers. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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