Definitions
a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
Word origin
From slack + -er; compare especially slack off.
Used in a sentence
“Some evil fellows said behind his back that Beowulf was white-livered and a slacker.”
“You're a slacker, McFly. You've got aptitude, but you don't apply yourself. You remind me of your father: He was a slacker, too.”
“Gen Xers were said to be lazy—“slackers” in the parlance of the time—who didn’t exhibit the straightforward work ethic of their predecessors.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Work-shirking person”7 letters
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