Unworksome

Origin

From - + worksome. Compare German unwirksam ("ineffective, useless"), Swedish overksam ("inactive, passive, ineffective").

Full definition of unworksome

Adjective

1. Not worksome; not diligent or work-intensive.
• 1859, William Barnes, Views of labour and gold - Page 8:... but then, again, the accumulation of much capital with fathers will tend to kill a lively piety of thankfulness in their children, and sometimes make them unworksome and vicious spendthrifts.

Synonyms

• lazy