Found 2 items, similar to shiftless.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shiftless
shiftless
adj : lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative;
lazy;
“a shiftless student”;
“studied in a shiftless
way”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shiftless
Shiftless
\Shift"less\, a.
Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients;
characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide
for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity;
hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow;
shiftless management. --
Shift"less*ly, adv. --
Shift"less*ness, n.
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