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present participle of shirk.

shirking

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loafing adj.
avoidance n.
evasion n.

ADJECTIVE

loafing

Synonyms

STRONG

evading pretending slacking

WEAK

apathetic careless indifferent uninterested

Antonyms

WEAK

active energetic toiling

NOUN

avoidance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

evasion prevention restraint

STRONG

circumvention delay departure dodge dodging elusion escape escapism flight forbearance nonparticipation parry recession recoil retreat self-restraint shunning

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absention eschewal passive resistance runaround steering clear of

Antonyms

STRONG

advance arrival coming continuation stay

WEAK

meeting

NOUN

evasion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dodging

STRONG

artifice circumvention cunning ditch dodge elusion equivocation evasiveness excuse jive lie obliqueness pretext prevarication quibble routine ruse shift shuffling shunning sophism sophistry stall subterfuge trick trickery

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come-off cop-out equivocating eschewal evading fancy footwork fudging fugiviteness fugivity runaround stonewall

Antonyms

STRONG

directness frankness honesty openness reality truth

WEAK

facing meeting

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shirking

You could never accuse Formula 1 of shirking a challenge.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Without shirking responsibility, the 52-year-old explained that her judgment had been clouded in part by other circumstances in her life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

Employees monitor social-media posts to spot users’ latest methods for shirking their missions, said Jay Shin, chief executive of DelightRoom, the South Korean company behind Alarmy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

If letting Claude kill people on its own is not shirking oversight mechanisms, then we might reasonably question which “oversight mechanisms” Anthropic is talking about.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026

“We do not publish gossip. We do not publish drivel. We certainly do not begin accusing the police of shirking their duties. Do I make myself clear?”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

shirking

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