shiftless
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy“a shiftless student”“studied in a shiftless way”
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Shift′less adjective
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′wb-a1′>′less·ly, adverb — Shift′wb-a1′>′less·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54