workphobic
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workphobic (comparative more workphobic, superlative most workphobic)
- (nonstandard) Averse to working.
- 2017 October 3, Devorah Baum, “Why do we feel so guilty all the time?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-05:
- Guilt thus renders us productive and unproductive, workaholic and workphobic – a conflict that might explain the extreme and even violent lengths to which people sometimes will go, whether by scapegoating others or sacrificing themselves, to be rid of what many people consider the most unbearable emotion.
- 2021 January 14, Patrick Klepek, “Former Workers Allege YouTube Channel GameXplain Was Exploitative Workplace”, in VICE[2], archived from the original on 2022-09-29:
- "If Steve was treated like a person instead of a machine and paid fairly for the amount of work he was expected to put out, I would have fully supported him staying on at GX," said Bowling's wife on reddit recently, in response to a critical fan. "As far as him being workphobic? He also maintains (and has since before [GameXplain]) a corporate 9-5 career... while also helping to raise four children. Trust me, he's extremely hard working."