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Meaning of "workshy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORKSHY

workshy  [ˈwɜːkˌʃaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORKSHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Workshy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WORKSHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Workshy

Workshy is a band formed in London in 1986 by Michael McDermott, Chrysta Jones and Kevin Kehoe. They are perhaps best known for their songs “Never The Same” and “You’re The Summer” as well as covers of the Bacharach/David song “I Say A Little Prayer”, “If I Ever Lose This Heaven” and Carole King’s “It’s Too Late.” The band was signed by UK-based Magnet Records in June 1987 and released their debut album “The Golden Mile” in 1989. All Workshy's back catalogue was released for download in 2011. They released a new single for download in 2012, In This Neighbourhood - a reworking of one of their earlier classic tracks.

Definition of workshy in the English dictionary

The definition of workshy in the dictionary is not inclined to work.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WORKSHY


chai
tʃaɪ
cockshy
ˈkɒkˌʃaɪ
media-shy
ˈmiːdɪəˌʃaɪ
shy
ʃaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORKSHY

workplace
workprint
workroom
works
works committee
works council
works manager
worksafe
worksheet
workshop
worksome
Worksop
workstation
workstream
worktable
worktop
workup
workwear
workweek
workwoman

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORKSHY

ashy
brushy
bushy
cushy
dishy
fishy
flashy
fleshy
gun-shy
gushy
mashy
mushy
once bitten, twice shy
pushy
rushy
slushy
splashy
squishy
swishy
trashy

Synonyms and antonyms of workshy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «workshy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORKSHY

Find out the translation of workshy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of workshy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «workshy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

workshy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

workshy
570 millions of speakers

English

workshy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

workshy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

workshy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

workshy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

workshy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

workshy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Workshy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Workshy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

workshy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ワークシャイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

게을러서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Workshy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

workshy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

workshy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कार्यशाळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tembel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

workshy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

workshy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

workshy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

workshy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

workshy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

werkskuwe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

workshy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

workshy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of workshy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORKSHY»

The term «workshy» is normally little used and occupies the 130.251 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORKSHY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «workshy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «workshy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about workshy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORKSHY»

Discover the use of workshy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to workshy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Policing the workshy: benefit controls, the labour market ...
Based on extensive interviews with claimants, staff in the Employment Service and the Department of Social Security, claimant advice agencies and many individual case examples, this book analyses the effectiveness of the Social Security Act ...
Alex Bryson, John Jacobs, 1992
2
Cambridge Business English Dictionary
0 The rest of the day they listened to speakers and attended workshops about leadership. workshy' /'w3:k,ja1/ adjective UK disapproving dislik ing work and trying to avoid it when possible: Workers are often workshy because of the UK 's ...
Cambridge University Press, 2011
3
English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
workshy. to be/to become/... workshy Muh(e): Müh' und Arbeit scheuen. World. the (First/Second)/Third/(Fourth) World Welt: die (Erste/Zweite)/Dritte/(Vierte) Welt the theatre/books/... is/are my/her/... world Welt: das Theater/Bücher/... ist/sind ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
4
Beyond the Prison Gates : Punishment and Welfare in Germany, ...
The newmeasure declared that persons “encountered in wayfarer stations, hostels orhomeless shelterswhowere blatantly workshy” would betaken into militarycustody andsent, on orderofthe Commanding General, to a workhouse or worker ...
Warren Rosenblum, 2009
5
Inside the Welfare State: Foundations of Policy and Practice ...
In its 1952 Annual Report, the NAB put the proportion of workshy men on assistance in perspective: theaverage area office (serving a population ofabout 140,000) wouldprovide assistanceto about 5,000 people(for themselvesand their  ...
Virginia Noble, 2008
6
Nazi Germany
This included, in Heydrich's words, 'beggars', 'whores', and the 'workshy', among others.9 In 1937/8, several high-profile police raids put this thinking into practice. In March 1937, some 2,000 ex-convicts and suspected criminals were arrested ...
Jane Caplan, 2008
7
The Nazi Persecution of the Gypsies
Buchenwald had almost 8,000 inmates in 1938, about 4,600 of whom were labeled as workshy;34 as of February 2, 1939, there were said to be 107 Gypsies in Buchenwald.35 In Sachsenhausen the camp held 4,887 inmates listed as ...
Guenter Lewy Professor Emeritus of Political Science University of Massachusetts, 1999
8
Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany: The New Histories
Following earlier smaller-scale campaigns of detention from 1933, nationally co- ordinated police razzias in 1938 rounded up several thousand 'workshy' men and women and sent them into concentration camps under Gestapo 'protective ...
Nikolaus Wachsmann, Associate Professor of History Jane Caplan, Jane Caplan, 2009
9
Facing the Nazi Past: United Germany and the Legacy of the ...
Bavaria's Lawforthe Combating ofGypsies, Travellers and the Workshy ofJuly 1926 was racist in character. After 1933,it was adopted in Bremen and Baden. While manyofthe racist measures introduced inthe earlyyears ofthe Third Reichdidnot ...
Bill Niven, 2003
10
Language and Power: A Resource Book for Students
Here isan examplefroma newspaper storythatweshall discuss in more detail later: 'The mother of abducted Shannon is workshy' [Attributive] Carrier Pr:int. Attribute The essential characteristic of theAttributive intensiveprocess is that it is not ...
Paul Simpson, Andrea Mayr, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORKSHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term workshy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Labour warning by Andy Burnham - You will not win if workshy have …
Andy Burnham is to warn that Labour cannot win the next election while voters believe it gives the workshy an "easy ride". In a speech to senior business figures, ... «Western Daily Press, May 15»
2
The workshy French ban 7 day a week bakery boss: Baguette maker …
France's top baguette baker has attacked his country's attitude to work after he was ordered to stop opening his shop seven days a week. Stephane Cazenave ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
3
Princess Beatrice not workshy as friends say attacks on Yorks are …
Prince Andrew's eldest daughter is said to have been very upset to find herself accused of being workshy after quitting her £20,000-a-year job before taking ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
4
Mac on... the Tories' new welfare crackdown on the workshy
Mac on... the Tories' new welfare crackdown on the workshy. By Mac for the Daily Mail. Published: 19:54 EST, 27 January 2015 | Updated: 19:54 EST, ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
5
Katie Hopkins in Benefits Street 'workshy scroungers' rant
“We have given up on our own workshy population and we have started to rely on hard-working immigrants to do the jobs we turn up our noses at. “Benefits ... «Express.co.uk, Jan 14»
6
Workshy told scrounging no longer an option in new benefits …
Workshy told scrounging no longer an option in new benefits crackdown. IAIN DUNCAN SMITH has warned that the party is over for scroungers who refuse to ... «Daily Star, Dec 13»
7
Hit squads to force workshy back into jobs
Specialists will be sent to Jobcentres nationwide to urge tens of thousands of the workshy to get jobs, many for the first time. The unprecedented move will target ... «Express.co.uk, May 13»
8
Workshy map of Britain revealed: Thousands of incapacity benefit …
This map of Britain reveals the 'workshy' spots around the country where people claiming incapacity benefit claimants are actually fit enough to work. «Daily Mail, May 13»
9
Seven 'workshy' benefits claimants fail to turn up for first day at work
He described them as "a bunch of work shy layabouts". He said: "People keep saying there are not enough jobs in the UK but the really problem is that there is ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 12»
10
Workshy would give up their benefits rather than get out of bed
Half of those claiming unemployment benefits would prefer to lose their handouts than do a stint of unpaid work. Figures show that 20 per cent of those ordered ... «Daily Mail, Jan 12»

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