shy away from
keep one's head down
slack
sluff
get around to
pull one's finger out
dodge the column
interstice
able
fart
doss
cop-out
scrimshank
knock off
piss in the wind
flinch
serious
plough on
efficiency
short-circuit
go around
nonroutine
get around
bypass
skive
faff
toe dance
tasklessness
dick around
in stride
boondoggle
those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it
stick to one's knitting
too hard basket
antihiatic
taskless
weasel out
beat around the bush
end run
prat about
fainaigue
goof off
ankle-biter
malinger
circumlocutionary
skulk
nonblocking
dodge
hedge
parry
put off
yak shaving
duck
elude
shirk
treadmill
circumvent
fudge
waltz
fiddle
like a bull at a gate
sidestep
evade
goldbrick
shrink from
skirt
putter
dolce far niente
unprocrastinating
crap out
absenteeism
neglect
neglectfulness
negligence
busy work
fanny about
get over
rest
unburdened
moonlight
spend time
muck about
monkey
idleness
paper over the cracks
monkey around
least resistance
least effort
potter
tinker
faineance
push past
muck around
hunker
mess around
undistractedly

English words for 'avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task'

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