shirker

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One who shirks a duty or responsibility
One who is lazy
{i} one who evades his duties, one who avoids fulfilling responsibilities
a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
One who shirks
a shirker
scrimshanker
shirk
To avoid; to escape; to neglect; implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty
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To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from
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To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away
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avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"
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To live by shifts and fraud; to shark
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to avoid or neglect (as in work or duty)
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avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
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Polytheism (n ) {for ~ is indeed the highest wrong-doing (Qur'an 31: 13)}
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the unforgivable sin of idolatry
shirk
One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor
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To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation
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one who shirks
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If someone does not shirk their responsibility or duty, they do what they have a responsibility to do. We in the Congress can't shirk our responsibility The Government will not shirk from considering the need for further action. to deliberately avoid doing something you should do, because you are lazy (Perhaps from schurke ). v. In Islam, idolatry and polytheism, both of which are regarded as heretical. The Qurn stresses that God does not share his powers with any partner (sharik) and warns that those who believe in idols will be harshly dealt with on the Day of Judgment. The concept of shirk has broadened considerably throughout the dogmatic development of Islam, and it has come to be used as the opposite of tawd (the oneness of God). Different grades of shirk have been distinguished by Islamic law; they include the belief in superstition, belief in the power of created things (e.g., reverencing saints), and belief in those who profess to know the future all of which pale beside polytheism in seriousness
shirk
{f} evade one's duty, avoid fulfilling a responsibility
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According to Islam, this is the worst sin, i e , associating other beings with God
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avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties
shirkers
plural of shirker
shirker
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