Mr Cameron lauded the capping of housing benefit and pledged more pressure on the work-shy.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

In fact studies suggest that the problem with French employees is less that they are work-shy, than that they are poorly managed.

ECONOMIST: Schumpeter

They aren't feckless, they aren't work-shy and they aren't scroungers.

BBC: UK Politics

The setting is Hanmouth, a fictional location in Southwest England, where along the outskirts of town exist a population of violent, work-shy, welfare-dependent scroungers pacified only by soap operas.

NEWYORKER: Blighty

This is his pre-election diagnosis of the French too work-shy, too gloomy, too anti-American, among other things mixed with a personal pitch to be understood as a straight-talking guy who wants to put things right.

ECONOMIST: Why French politicians produce so many books

Kate has her detractors -- many Internet trolls label her work shy -- but I am surprised someone of Mantel's stature has joined in this pastime, attacking Kate for no apparent reason.

CNN: Opinion: Author's rant on Catherine 'mean and cheap'

There was just something about not having my personal life private at work that always made me shy away from developing any work-relationships.

FORBES: How I Stopped Being Scared Of Relationships At Work

Many big investment banks, accountants and consulting firms are farming work out to Indian-based subcontractors, even if they are shy about admitting it.

ECONOMIST: India aims to become the back office for the world's banks