verb
- avoided or neglected (a duty or responsibility)
Usage: past tense of shirk
Examples
- He shirked his homework and played video games instead.
- The employee was fired because she shirked her responsibilities.
- They shirked their duty to help clean up after the party.
- The student shirked studying for the exam until the last minute.
- She never shirked difficult tasks at work.
- The politician was accused of having shirked military service.