Is there a word for a person who avoids their responsibilities?

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What do you call a person who avoids their responsibilities by disregarding them and just continue doing other things?

Welcome to English Language & Usage! Your question is lacking in info. Could you elaborate more on what you mean, providing some sample sentences where you might want to use the word and maybe with examples and research that you have done? — SuperBiasedMan, Mar 08 '16 at 09:25

Nagarajan Shanmuganathan · Answer 1 · 2016-03-23T05:24:55.977

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To shirk is to avoid or neglect a responsibility.

So, a person who shirks is a shirker.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/shirker

edited Mar 23 '16 at 05:24

answered Mar 08 '16 at 09:02

Nagarajan Shanmuganathan

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '16 at 10:52

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Slacker might be a good choice: a person who shirks work or obligation; especially : one who evades military service in time of war (Merriam-Webster)

answered Mar 08 '16 at 10:52

Michał Kosmulski

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 08 '16 at 09:07

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A procrastinator.

Procrastinate: to be slow or late about doing something that should be done : to delay doing something until a later time because you do not want to do it, because you are lazy, etc. (Merriam-Webster)

answered Mar 08 '16 at 09:07

Charl E

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Is there a word for a person who avoids their responsibilities?

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