put-offjob

noun
UK /ˈpʊt ɒf dʒɒb/
US /ˈpʊt ɔːf dʒɑːb/

A job you keep saving for later because you do not want to do it.

Cleaning the garage is a real put-offjob for me.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A task that feels boring and easy to skip.

Folding laundry is such a put-offjob.

3. Work someone keeps postponing on purpose.

His homework became a put-offjob all weekend.

4. Something you dread doing but still must finish.

Filling out forms is a put-offjob for most people.