でもしか

prefix

for lack of anything better to do; half-hearted; just because

Attaches to occupations or roles to express that someone does it without real motivation, often because they have no better option. Common in phrases like でもしか先生 (a teacher who became one only because they couldn't find another job).

• 彼かれはでもしか教きょう師しで、本ほん当とうは別べつの仕し事ごとがしたかったらしい。

  He's a half-hearted teacher; apparently he really wanted a different job.

• でもしか社しゃ員いんみたいな気き持もちで働はたらいている。

  I'm working with the feeling of being a half-hearted employee, just because I have nothing better to do.