slacker

Plural: slackers

Noun

• A person who avoids work or responsibility.
• a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
• One who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share or pull their own weight.
• A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
• A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.
• A person who seeks to avoid military service.
• A user of the Slackware Linux distribution.

Adjective Satellite

• not tense or taut
• flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
• lacking in rigor or strictness

Examples

• Don’t be a SLACKER; always maximize your points in Scrabble, even with tough letters.

Synonyms

lax, loose, shirker, slack