shiftless

Example Sentences

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He posted a YouTube video portraying several people in the camp harshly as violent and shiftless.

From Los Angeles Times

Stereotypes about "big government" or the "nanny state" are allied to stereotypes about "welfare queens" and other "lazy" or "shiftless" black people who are "living off" the taxpayers, understood to be white people.

From Salon

The Ascent is deceptively quick thanks to the shiftless CVT, but, while I didn’t get to put it to the test, its 5,000-pound tow rating seems ambitious.

From Fox News

Because it helps black people, it is denigrated as a government handout for “shiftless freeloaders”.

From The Guardian

He was shiftless, struggled to maintain relationships, and too often woke up with unexplained injuries or broken bones, in strange locations or beside unfamiliar partners.

From New York Times